"Humility and Gratitude are the twin characteristics of happiness."

-- Richard C. Edgley

#Gratitude Quotes #Humility Quotes #Twins Quotes

“There are millions of animal species but, man is the only animal capable of destroying them all.”
“Labour is the source of all wealth, the political economists assert. And it really is the source -- next to nature, which supplies it with the material that it converts into wealth. But it is even infinitely more than this. It is the prime basic condition for all human existence, and this to such an extent that, in a sense, we have to say that labour created man himself.”

Source : Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (1968). “Selected works [of] Karl Marx and Frederick Engels”
“We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we're doing, and the reason why is that we've spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that can replace that.”
“It's a wise thing to hold back.”
“Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.”
“I keep my campaign promises, but I never promised to wear stockings.”
“"Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one relieve one's sadness," don Juan said. "Warriors are always joyful because their love is unalterable and their beloved, the earth, embraces them and bestows upon them inconceivable gifts. The sadness belongs only to those who hate the very thing that gives shelter to their beings." Don Juan again caressed the ground with tenderness. "This lovely being, which is alive to its last recesses and understands every feeling, soothed me, it cured me of my pains, and finally when I had fully understood my love for it, it taught me freedom."”
“I don't like talking about music.”

Source : "Fire in her belly" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2006.

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