"The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it."

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Source : Will Durant, Ariel Durant (2012). “The Lessons of History”, Simon and Schuster

Ariel Durant

#Conservative Quotes #Radical Quotes #Valuable Quotes

“Nothing in life has happened to you. It's happened for you. Every disappointment. Every wrong. Even every closed door has helped make you into who you are.”
“Where your pain is, there your heart lies also.”
“When did you get all insightful?" he asked. "I have no idea," Josh admitted. "I don't like it." "Me, either. Makes me feel like a girl. Don't tell anyone." (Ethan and Josh)”
“I'm as wicked as Hitler's first born, cause of me, lot of old ladies purses gone.”

Source : Song: Wrong Ones, Album: Yeeeah Baby, 2000
“We may be confident in this: that in the pain of our suffering is the presence of a faithful God.”
“Riches do not make one rich but busy.”

Source : "La Celestina". Play by Fernando de Rojas, 1499.
“Religion and faith are very personal matters. So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the Constitution of India.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview With Narendra Modi: 'We Are Natural Allies'". Interview with Nancy Gibbs, Zoher Abdoolcarim and Nikhil Kumar, time.com. May 7, 2015.
“Sometimes I spend all day trying to count the leaves on a single tree... Of course I have to give up, but by then I'm half crazy with the wonder of it--the abundance of the leaves, the quietness of the branches, the hopelessness of my effort. And I am in that delicious and important place, roaring with laughter, full of earth-praise.”

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