"Jeff Carver is a hard sf writer who gets it right-his science and his people are equally convincing. NEPTUNE CROSSING combines his strengths, from a chilling look at alien machine intelligence, to cutting-edge chaos theory, to the pangs of finite humans in the face of the infinite. If you like intriguing ideas delivered in an exciting plot, this is your meat."

-- Gregory Benford

#Cutting Quotes #Ideas Quotes #People Quotes

“The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.... He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: (1) He must have the boy spirit in him: and must be able to place himself in the right plane with his boys as a first step. (2) He must realise the needs, outlooks and desires of the different ages of boy life. (3) He must deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass. (4) He then needs to promote a corporate spirit among his individuals to gain the best results.”
“The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.”
“A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.”
“All any grownup expects of an adolescent is that he act like an adult and be satisfied to be treated like a child.”
“What is needed to attain happiness is not a comfortable life, but a heart in love, such as Christ's.”
“Whenever someone sorrows, I do not say, â€œforget it,â€ or â€œit will pass,â€ or â€œit could be worseâ€ - all of which deny the integrity of the painful experience. But I say, to the contrary, â€œIt is worse than you may allow yourself to think. Delve into the depth. Stay with the feeling. Think of it as a precious source of knowledge and guidance. Then and only then will you be ready to face it and be transformed in the process.”
“Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil.”
“Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated.”

Source : John Bright, H. J. Leech (1885). “The Public Letters of John Bright”, London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington

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