"My books are friends that never fail me."

-- Thomas Carlyle

#Book Quotes #Failing Quotes

“I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book. ANOTHER VERSION I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. ANOTHER VERSION I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.”
“After doing psychology for half a century, my passion for all of it is greater than ever.”
“Man is a marvelous curiosity...he thinks he is the Creator's pet...he even believes the Creator loves him; has passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks he listens. Isn't it a quaint idea.”
“The true essence of fashion is being able to reinvent yourself with what you have.”

Source : "Melanie Fiona Talks New Album, Whitney Houston And Starting Her Clothing Line". Interview with Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2012.
“Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].”
“the private conscience is the last and only protection of the civilized world.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn (2015). “The View From The Ground”, p.220, Granta Books
“At times, in medicine, you feel you are inside a colossal and impossibly complex machine whose gears will turn for you only according to their own arbitrary rhythm. The notion that human caring, the effort to do better for people, might make a difference can seem hopelessly naive. But it isn't.”

Source : Atul Gawande (2010). “Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance”, p.10, Profile Books
“We get our ethics from our history and judge our history by our ethics.”

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