"And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples."

-- Gottfried Leibniz

#Simple Quotes #Words Of Wisdom Quotes #Substance Quotes

“Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.”
“Weâ€™ll never survive!â€ â€œNonsense. Youâ€™re only saying that because no one ever has.”
“We have one life to live - and one chance to live it in the richest way possible.”
“The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of the hemisphere despite the philosophical disagreements it may have with the nature of particular regimes. It must seek pragmatic ways to help people without necessarily embracing their governments. It should recognize that diplomatic relations are merely practical conveniences and not measures of moral judgment.”
“The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining the optimum population for the world and for each region and for arbitrating various countriesâ€™ shares within their regional limits. Control of population size might remain the responsibility of each government, but the Regime would have some power to enforce the agreed limits.”
“A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.”
“When I wake, I have a brief, delicious feeling of happiness that is somehow connected with Peeta. Happiness, of course, is a complete absurdity at this point, since at the rate things are going, I'll be dead in a day. And that's the best-case scenario, if I'm able to eliminate the rest of the field, including myself, and get Peeta crowned as the winner of the Quarter Quell. Still, the sensation's so unexpected and sweet I cling to it, if only for a few moments. Before the gritty sand, the hot sun, and my itching skin demand a return to reality.”
“Knowledge that takes you, not beyond yourself is far worse than ignorance.”

Source : "The politics of fiction". TED Talk, www.ted.com. July 2010.

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