"A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge."

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B. H. Liddell Hart

#Bars Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes #Pursuit Quotes

“For a moment I had a view of a world that seemed to wear a vast and dismal aspect of disorder, while, in truth, thanks to our unwearied efforts, it is as sunny an arrangement of small conveniences as the mind of man can conceive.”
“I was like every other boy in India, with a dream of playing for my country. Yet I could never have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling. No dream is ever chased alone.”

Source : "Have Failed at Times, but Never Stopped Trying: Rahul Dravid". archive.indianexpress.com. March 10, 2012.
“Pause and remember - If you just keep moving forward, everything you need will show up for you at the perfect time.”
“Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law”

Source : Ferdinand de Saussure, Wade Baskin (2011). “Course in General Linguistics”, p.77, Columbia University Press
“In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and listened to many detailed and intense stories firsthand, but the one comment that affected me the most came from a former soldier who lowered his gaze to the tabletop and said, â€˜I never watch war movies.”
“There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world- its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles.”

Source : Anne Rice (1996). “Servant of the Bones”, Random House Large Print Publishing
“I'd like to help other comedians and when I get a little older I'd like to open up a nice comedy club that is straight classy, with a straight restaurant and a chef. The whole thing, red carpet, and treating people nice, for people to come back and have a good time. That's the kind of comedy club I want to open up.”
“I had always looked upon the search for the absolute as the noblest and most worth while task of science.”

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