"The man whose nature is such that by one path alone his chief desire will reach consummation will try to find it on that path, whatever it may be, and whatever the world thinks of it; and if he does not, he is contemptible."

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Source : "Francis Herbert Bradley". Journal of Philosophy, 1925.

F. H. Bradley

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Desire Quotes

“All comedy comes from a dark place.”
“By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism.”
“I'm not going to have a better day, a more magical moment than the first time I heard my daughter giggle.”
“Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.”

Source : Pratibha Patils farewell speech to the nation, www.abplive.in. July 24, 2012.
“The only weapon I've got is comedy”
“Ballet is important and significant - yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure.”
“He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.”

Source : Joni Eareckson Tada (2010). “A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty”, p.35, David C Cook
“Seeing through is rarely seeing into.”

Source : Elizabeth Bibesco (1951). “Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms”

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