"Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be; whereas Ignorance is a blind giant who, let him but wax unbound, would make it a sport to seize the pillars that hold up the long-wrought fabric of human good, and turn all the places of joy as dark as a buried Babylon."

-- George Eliot

#Sports Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Knowledge Quotes

“[M]y father was a really great man. I'll never forget the last thing he ever said to me. Nor will I ever repeat it.”
“... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.”
“I wasn't putting too much emphasis on it (the booing). I think that you have to put it behind you.”
“But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.”

Source : Joseph Barber Lightfoot (Bishop of Durham) (1890). “Ordination addresses and counsels to clergy”
“Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.”
“If thirst for water indicates the existence of water, in a similar way thirst for justice indicates the existence of justice, and since there is no justice in this world, this is indicates the presence of an afterlife, the home of true justice.”
“The best stuff in life isn't stuff at all... relationships, experiences & meaningful work are the staples of a happy life.”
“The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.”

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