"In many ways, constancy is an illusion."

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Source : Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.14, Grove Press

Mary Catherine Bateson

#Memorable Quotes #Way Quotes #Illusion Quotes

“By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention colour is colour. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.”
“To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.”

Source : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.153
“Forever all goodness will be most charming; forever all wickedness will be most odious.”
“There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No ones illegal. They should just be able to come.”
“I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are.”
“The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.”
“Somehow proper prayer must put more trust in Godâ€™s will than in human wants; otherwise failure to get the things we want will force us to doubt either the power of prayer or the ability of God.”

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