"... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high."

-- Diane de Poitiers

#Degrees Quotes #Abyss Quotes #Wells Quotes

“Maps of Time attempts to assemble a coherent and accessible account of origins, a modern creation myth.”

Source : David Christian (2011). “Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History”, p.2, Univ of California Press
“I think I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much more reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways, than what happened in life.”
“I don't believe in miracles. I believe in character”
“When one man dies it is a tragedy, when thousands die it's statistics.”
“No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world.”
“This is revolution in reaction, as well as in radicalism, and Toryism speaking a jargon of law and order may often be a graver menace to liberty than radicalism bellowing the empty phrases of the soapbox demagogue.”
“People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what people want. That's what can move the world. That's art.”
“There are some people, who don’t wait.”

Source : Robert Krulwich's Commencement Address at Berkeley, blogs.discovermagazine.com. May 7, 2011.

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