"Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd."

-- Livy

#Feelings Quotes #Crowds Quotes #Uncertain Quotes

“My father says that almost the whole world is asleep, everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to.Â He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.”
“My wife at times will say I'm stubborn, selfish, insensitive, vague, deaf at times, blah, blah, blah... but she's never said I was boring!”
“How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians.”
“In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes.”
“We humans look rather different from a tree. Without a doubt we perceive the world differently than a tree does. But down deep, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical.”
“Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.”
“There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved”
“Fungi are the interface organisms between life and death.”

Source : Paul Stamets (2011). “Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World”, p.17, Ten Speed Press

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