"Unwonted circumstances may make us all rather unlike ourselves: there are conditions under which the most majestic person is obliged to sneeze, and our emotions are liable to be acted on in the same incongruous manner."

-- George Eliot

#May Quotes #Majestic Quotes #Emotion Quotes

“The crossroads of trade are the meeting place of ideas, the attrition ground of rival customs and beliefs; diversities beget conflict, comparison, thought; superstitions cancel one another, and reason begins.”
“In considering God's power, we must not look for a God of the Gaps, a god who is called in for those phenomena for which there is yet no scientific explanation.”
“I like order. It allows me to have chaos in my head.”
“I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.”
“Take every failure as an experience, cause to be successful you need experience.”
“Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean.”

Source : Rebecca Stead (2010). “When You Reach Me/First Light”, p.160, Wendy Lamb Books
“A Christian brings peace to others. Not only peace, but also love, kindness, faithfulness and joy.”
“Where there is no history of struggle after an uprising, the living memory dies.”

Source : "“Exiles From the Future”: An Interview with Vijay Prashad". Interview with Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. August 17, 2016.

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