"It seems to me as natural and necessary to keep notes, however brief, of one's reading, as logs of voyages or photographs of one's travels. For memory, in most of us, is a liar with galloping consumption."

-- F. L. Lucas

#Memories Quotes #Liars Quotes #Reading Quotes

“I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well.”
“When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.”
“It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them.”

Source : Roger Penrose (2016). “The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe”, p.20, Random House
“I think we really have to ask ourselves, are we really using to children to promote ourselves?”
“We are never really in control. We just think we are when things happen to be going our way.”
“When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. Thereâ€™s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.”
“Let us be adventurers for another world. It is at least a fair and noble chance; and there is nothing in this worth our thoughts or our passions. If we should be disappointed, we are still no worse than the rest of our fellow-mortals; and if we succeed in our expectations we are eternally happy.”
“No great deed, private or public, has ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty.”

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