"Truth can never be an enemy to true religion, which appears always to the best advantage when it is most examined."

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Source : George Atherton Aitken, John Arbuthnot (1892). “The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians”

John Arbuthnot

#Enemy Quotes #Advantage Quotes #True Religion Quotes

“Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was just different.”
“I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.”
“The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body. Always an orchestra, and just as music traverses walls, so sensuality traverses the body and reaches up to ecstasy.”
“Eros is not tranquil-it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. It's the love we feel at the beginning of a love affair and corresponds to the expression 'falling in love' since it is as involuntary an impulse as a physical fall.”

Source : "Ideas for modern living: love" by François Lelord, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2011.
“I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field”
“I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks”
“You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent.”
“The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.”

Source : Carter G. Woodson (2006). “The Mis-Education of the Negro”, p.130, Book Tree

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