"We will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things."

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John Desmond Bernal

#Giving Up Quotes #Simple Quotes #Taking Things For Granted Quotes

“Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity.”

Source : "Ayan al-Shī'ah". Book by Fatima bint Muhammad, vol.1, p. 316,
“People misinterpret my passion for anger.”
“I've got hope, I've got dreams and I have aspirations. I don't need to climb mountains; I don't need to build nations. What I do need is the courage to look deep inside, Cos I'm me and from me I know I can't hide. I don't wish to fly, I'm quite happy to glide. I am who I am and I'll be me with pride.”
“Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.”

Source : "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang (p. 469), 2006.
“I like to look strong and commanding.”
“Actually, my correspondent's language is better than mine. He can put his sentiment into words.”
“From the point of view of the employer, it is in any case simply an item of cost, to be reduced to a minimum if it cannot be eliminated altogether, say, by automation. From the point of view of the workman, it is a "disutility"; to work is to make a sacrifice of one's leisure and comfort, and wages are a kind of compensation for the sacrifice.”
“There's evil in the world, all right. Being aware of it makes you a realist, not a paranoid.”

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