"Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things."

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Source : Boethius (1999). “The Consolation of Philosophy”, p.52, OUP Oxford

Boethius

#Heaven Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Admire Quotes

“When we begin to love and respect Great Mother Nature's gift to us of gayness, we'll discover that the bondage of our childhood and adolescence in the trials and tribulations of neitherness was actually an apprenticeship for teaching her children new cutting edges of consciousness and social change. In stunning paradox, our neitherness is our talisman, our fairie wand, our gift we bring to the hetero world to....transform their pain into healings; ...transform their tears to laughter: ...transform their hand-me-downs to visions of loveliness.”
“Discovery is the privilege of the child: the child who has no fear of being once again wrong, of looking like an idiot, of not being serious, of not doing things like everyone else.”
“Wisdom sits with children round her knees.”
“Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler About workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar Everytime I call my baby, to try to get a date My boss says, no dice, son, you gotta work late Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do 'cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.”
“Learn the changes, then forget them.”
“The Method of Bisection is a sophisticated version of a tool used in fifth grade called "Guess and Check".”
“Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover.”
“If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition.”

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