"We are about to change history, said Saphira. Weâ€™re throwing ourselves off a cliff without knowing how deep the water below is. Ah, but what a glorious flight! (Eragon to Saphira)"

-- Christopher Paolini

#Knowing Quotes #Water Quotes #Cliffs Quotes

“On the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth.”
“The soul must support its own supremacy or die.”
“Men of warm imaginations and towering thoughts are apt to overlook the goods of fortune which are near them, for something that glitters in the sight at a distance; to neglect solid and substantial happiness for what is showy and superficial; and to contemn that good which lies within their reach, for that which they are not capable of attaining. Hope calculates its schemes for a long and durable life; presses forward to imaginary points of bliss; grasps at impossibilities; and consequently very often ensnares men into beggary, ruin, and dishonour.”
“Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play.”

Source : "Individualism Reconsidered". Book by David Riesman, p. 333, 1954.
“Whatever vocation you decide on, track down the best people in the world at doing it and surround yourself with them.”
“Let's use that empty noggin of yours as a punch bowl, so it's at least good for something!! Whadja say?! Ooh, but I love punch!!”
“If man were happy, he would be the more so, the less he was diverted, like the saints and God.”
“A scoop of pure honey set in a green bowl.”

Source : 1984 Of Bath.The English Companion.

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