"The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it."

-- Wendell Berry

#Inspirational Quotes #Wise Quotes #Memories Quotes

“Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.”
“There is nothing particularly scientific about excessive caution. Science thrives on daring generalizations.”
“Marriage is obsolete and a trap.”

Source : "Why French Women Have More Sex Than Their American Sisters" by Debra Ollivier, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2012.
“However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we can go on to be whole.”

Source : "The Life of Poetry". Book by Muriel Rukeyser. Chapter One: "The Fear of Poetry", 1949.
“The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the same way that people can.”
“I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.”
“If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense.”

Source : Lyall Watson (2003). “Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant”, p.38, W. W. Norton & Company
“Parents teach their children to look both ways when crossing the street. They tell them to look only one way when choosing a religion.”

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