"To stand alone against all adversity is the most sacred moment of existence."

-- Frank Herbert

#Adversity Quotes #Sacred Quotes #Moments Quotes

“There was just one moon. That familiar, yellow, solitary moon. The same moon that silently floated over fields of pampas grass, the moon that rose--a gleaming, round saucer--over the calm surface of lakes, that tranquilly beamed down on the rooftops of fast-asleep houses. The same moon that brought the high tide to shore, that softly shone on the fur of animals and enveloped and protected travelers at night. The moon that, as a crescent, shaved slivers from the soul--or, as a new moon, silently bathed the earth in its own loneliness. THAT moon.”
“Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.”
“Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.”

Source : Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and Romance”, p.80, 谷月社
“Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition.”

Source : Morris Kline (1964). “Mathematics in Western Culture”, p.408, Oxford University Press
“Most Southerners recognize when a story about their own experience feels off-kilter or offensive. But Southerners are also fascinated by the way their region is presented in popular culture. It is exciting to see how filmmakers take great care to present worlds in which race, region, and food are deeply intertwined.”
“Kids aren't supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.”

Source : Susan Wiggs (2012). “Summer at Willow Lake: Lakeshore Chronicles”, p.79, Harlequin
“We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no longer possible.”
“To be free is to be equal, but to be equal is not to be free.”

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