"It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all."

-- George Gissing

#Moving Quotes #Stupidity Quotes #Individual Quotes

“It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.”
“In my heart I believe that biology is the beginning and the end of everything. It's the biggest source of ideas, the biggest source of invention. Nobody can invent better than nature and so if you like nature is my biggest source of inspiration.”

Source : Source: www.cnn.com
“In China there was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for dragons was brought to the attention of the dragon god, and onde day a real dragon appeared before his window. It is said that he died of fright. He was probably a man who always spoke big words but acted differently when facing the real thing.”

Source : Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2012). “Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai”, p.24, Shambhala Publications
“Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being just another girl, and people want to listen to what you have to say.”
“I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same face....”
“I'm a Christian girl. I pray every night and before meals and before I go on stage not to fall.”
“Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing.”
“Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind, though I may suffer, I'll envy it not and endure what comes cause he is all that I got”

Source : Song: Tell Him, Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

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