"I think a person has to believe in something, or search out some kind of faith; otherwise life is empty, nothing. How can you live not knowing why the cranes fly, why children are born, why there are stars in the sky... Either you know why you live, or it's all small, unnecessary bits."

-- Sarah Ruhl

#Stars Quotes #Children Quotes #Believe Quotes

“I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.”
“There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. They're sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark.”
“In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.”
“That most sensitive, most delicate of instruments -- the mind of a little child!”

Source : Henry Handel Richardson, Henry Handel Richardson (pseud.) (1971). “Ultima Thule”
“Direct your eye inward, and you'll find / A thousand regions in your mind / Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be / Expert in home-cosmography”
“The vigour of civilised societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth while. Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications. All strong interests easily become impersonal, the love of a good job well done. There is a sense of harmony about such an accomplishment, the Peace brought by something worth while. Such personal gratification arises from aim beyond personality.”
“To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them.”

Source : "How to be radical?". The OpenDemocracy Interview, www.opendemocracy.net. April 5, 2011.
“There isno triumph or glory in the world that's worth an inch of human skin.”

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