"An alert and learned man will take advice from any event."

-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Men Quotes #Advice Quotes #Events Quotes

“Here we are, arguably the most intelligent being that's ever walked planet Earth, with this extraordinary brain ... and yet we're destroying the only home we have.”
“Science is a cemetary of dead ideas.”
“People do strange things sometimes, when they feel hopeless.”
“Parenting is not logical. If it were, we would never have to read a book, never need a family therapist, and never feel the urge to call a close friend late at night for support after a particularly trying bedtime scene. . . . We have moments of logic, but life is run by a much larger force. Life is filled with disagreement, opposition, illusion, irrational thinking, miracle, meaning, surprise, and wonder.”

Source : Jeanne Elium, Don Elium (2011). “Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman”, p.223, Celestial Arts
“Friendship is like standing on wet cement. The longer you stay, the harder it's to leave, and you can never go without leaving your footprints behind.”
“Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality.”
“I have a terrible wanderthirst; the very sight of a map makes me want to put on my hat and take an umbrella and start. I shall see before I die the palms and temples of the South.”

Source : Jean Webster (2004). “Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy”, p.86, Penguin
“Life is a chain of small sorrows that lead to a great joy”

Source : "The Other Wife: A Novel in Verse". Book by Siddharth Katragadda, 2003.

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