"It is told of Faraday that he refused to be called a physicist; he very much disliked the new name as being too special and particular and insisted on the old one, philosopher, in all its spacious generality: we may suppose that this was his way of saying that he had not over-ridden the limiting conditions of class only to submit to the limitation of a profession."

-- Lionel Trilling

#Class Quotes #Names Quotes #Special Quotes

“If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.”
“The ending is always a surprise.”
“I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.”
“The sooner we can separate salvageable skeptics from self-righteous absolutists, the sooner we can move along.”

Source : "The Visitor". Book by Sheri S. Tepper, 2002.
“Challenge yourself with something you know you could never do, and what you'll find is that you can overcome anything son.”
“All we want in Christ, we shall find in Christ. If we want little, we shall find little. If we want much, we shall find much; but if, in utter helplessness, we cast our all on Christ, He will be to us the whole treasury of God.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 95, 1895.
“Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.”
“For me, hearing the term 'apply yourself' was like a crucifix to Bella Lugosi's Dracula. 'Ahhh, it burns!'”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

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