"Thus shadow owes its birth to light."

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Source : John Gay, O. F. Owen (1857). “The fables of John Gay illustrated”, p.96

John Gay

#Light Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Light And Shadow Quotes

“A child can live with anything as long as he or she is told the truth and is allowed to share with loved ones the natural feelings people have when they are suffering.”

Source : Eda J. LeShan (1978). “Learning to say good-by”, Avon Books
“It is, however, a most astonishing but incontestable fact, that the history of the evolution of man as yet constitutes no part of general education. Indeed, our so-called "educated classes" are to this day in total ignorance of the most important circumstances and the most remarkable phenomena which Anthropogeny has brought to light.”

Source : Ernst Haeckel (1883). “The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny”
“The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything...doing unselfishly.”
“Keep listening to music, it gets you through everything. I promise.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times.”

Source : Laura Hillenbrand (2010). “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”, p.384, Random House
“I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas. It's so easy to confuse schmoozing ability with talent. Someone seems like a good presenter, easy to get along with, and those traits are rewarded. Well, why is that? They're valuable traits, but we put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking.”
“Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.”
“I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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