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“I think that it is a part of growing up, learning to control our suffering. I think that when we grow up, and learn that happiness is rare, and passes quickly, we become disillusioned and hurt. And how much we suffer is a mark of how much we have been hurt by this realisation. Suffering, you see, is a kind of anger. We rage against the unfairness, the injustice of our sad and sorry lot.”
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“Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women”
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“It is not possible to starve an organised terrorist group because it is number one a state, so it levies taxation inside the territory that is controlled by Islamic State. But also the activity, for example the smuggling of oil, is taking place in an area which is a war zone. So of course people will buy that oil because they don't have any alternative. So even if we wanted to stop that kind of trade, it will be very, very difficult to do that.”
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“A man who can speak two languages is worth two men.”
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“What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly.”
Source : Phil Cousineau (2012). “The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred”, p.30, Conari Press
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“Thus drivers inching southward will see the phalanx of birds heading west as one spontaneous gesture.”
Source : Rae Armantrout (2009). “Versed”, p.97, Wesleyan University Press
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“I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else.”
Source : Joshua Slocum (2009). “The Annotated Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.2, Sheridan House, Inc.
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“I think that not being loved by your parents or not having a brother or not being liked at school or even wearing glasses can be a lot worse than having a famous father.”
