"Brief and powerless is man's life; on him and all his race the slow, sure doom falls pitiless and dark."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Death Quotes #Fall Quotes #Dark Quotes

“Perhaps you'd care for a synonym bun," suggested the duke.”
“Behold a tree. Does it not speak to us thusly: 'Don't you see that God is not working himself into a frenzy in me? I am calmly, quietly, silently pouring forth my life and bringing forth fruit. Do thou likewise.'”
“I just think the way (for instance) evangelicals talk about God or Jesus, as in "Jesus says" or "the Bible says" points up a lack of honesty.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“We shall no longer hang on to the tails of public opinion or to a non- existent authority on matters utterly unknown and strange. We shall gradually become experts ourselves in the mastery of the knowledge of the Future.”
“Most people don't manage to the utmost of their ability because they don't want to.”

Source : Robert Heller (1984). “The Supermanagers: Managing for Success, the Movers and the Doers, the Reasons Why”, New York : E.P. Dutton
“It's almost always dangerous to be right too soon.”
“Okay, you were probably taught there are five senses," he said. "We see, hear, touch, smell and taste. But how do we know those are the only five? What are the senses that we don't have? What are we failing to perceive?”

Source : Louis Sachar (2011). “The Cardturner”, p.68, A&C Black
“Certainly, it is. Love is love, and loss is loss. We all love, and we all die, and everyone suffers the pain of grieving. The trick is to enjoy what you have while you have it. Not run like a bunny from the good things because they might be taken away sooner than youâ€™d like.”

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