"We cannot command Nature except by obeying her."

-- Francis Bacon

#Nature Quotes #Environment Quotes #Command Quotes

“For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its costs.”
“Amazed how I get so much paper? I'm more amazed how you could be such a hater!”
“You know what? I knew that my God was bigger than his [about Muslims in Somalia]. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.”
“To conform is to lose your soul”

Source : Joshua Ferris (2007). “Then We Came to the End: A Novel”, p.202, Hachette UK
“All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.”
“Logic is a very beautiful thing. As long as it is not abused.”
“Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place.”
“What is required to face trauma is the ability to mourn, fully and deeply, all that has been taken from us. Only through mourning everything we have lost can we discover that we have in fact survived; that our spirits are indestructible.”

Source : Aurora Levins Morales (1998). “Medicine Stories: History, Culture, and the Politics of Integrity”, p.19, South End Press

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