"Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing."

-- Karl Kraus

#Men Quotes #Earth Quotes #Conquer Quotes

“I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.”
“It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals.”
“Meaning and value depend on human mind space and the commitment of time and energy by very smart people to a creative enterprise. And the time, energy, and brain power of smart, creative people are not abundant. These are the things that are scare, and in some sense they become scarcer as the demand for these talents increases in proportion to the amount of abundant computing power available.”
“While everything around me is ever changing, ever dying, there is underlying that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves and recreates.... For I can see in the midst of death, life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.”
“In our patriarchal world, we are all taught - whether we like to think we are or not - that God, being male, values maleness much more than he values femaleness... that in order to propitiate God, women must propitiate men.”
“When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder.”
“In a nation where the disbelievers sought Heaven from the idols, the Messenger of Allah [Prophet Muhammad] taught them that Heaven can be found through a simple smile.”
“It has always seemed to me that if one falls in love with any gentleman one becomes instantly blind to his faults.But I am not blind to your faults, and I do not think that everything you do or say is right! Onlyâ€”Is it beingâ€”not very comfortableâ€”and crossâ€”and not quite happy, when you arenâ€™t there?â€ â€œThat, my darling,â€ said his lordship,taking her ruthlessly into his arms,â€œis exactly what it s!â€ â€œOhâ€”!â€ Frederica gasped, as she emerged from an embrace which threatened to suffocate her. â€œNow I know! I am in love!”

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