"Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise."

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Source : "The Unquiet Grave". Book by Cyril Connolly, 1944.

Cyril Connolly

#Children Quotes #Fear Quotes #Hate Quotes

“If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.”
“Constantly look for the good in people and in situations. When you find it, tell the person.”
“Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue.”
“Well, well, my boy, if good luck knocks at your door, don't you put your head out at window and tell it to be gone about its business, that's all.”
“Today, Jesus stands ready to hear your cry and to answer prayer for you. He is interested in every detail of your life. He knows you better than you know yourself.”
“If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant.”
“I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.”

Source : Theodore Parker (1895). “Ten Sermons of Religion and Prayers”
“The best person to get something done is a busy person.”

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