"I don't know what God is, or what God had in mind when the universe was set in motion. In fact, I don't know if God even exists, although I confess that I sometimes find myself praying in times of great fear, or despair, or astonishment at a display of unexpected beauty."

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Source : Jon Krakauer (2013). “Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith”, p.304, Pan Macmillan

Jon Krakauer

#Mind Quotes #Despair Quotes #Facts Quotes

“When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.”
“The one who wants to love God has to take care about the purity of the soul, first of all. This purity is attained through conquering the passions. (The one who has not conquered the passions cannot enter) the chaste and pure region of the heart. Do not hate a sinner, for we all are to be resÂponÂsible.”
“Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no narrow illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of the night; we wake up to it, forever and ever; and we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it.”

Source : Henry James (2016). “The Daily Henry James: A Year of Quotes from the Work of the Master”, p.4, University of Chicago Press
“I created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation back in 1997 for the purpose of going in and improving the living conditions of my people on the African continent, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo where I came from. Out first mission was to go and build a new hospital. Our next mission was to build a school.”
“I must begin, not with hypothesis, but with specific instances, no matter how minute.”
“Justice waits upon the great, Interest holds the scale, and Riches turns the balance.”
“A single profane expression betrays a man's low breeding.”
“If you ever find a man who is better than you are - hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.”

Source : David Ogilvy (2012). “The Unpublished David Ogilvy”, p.97, Profile Books

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