"In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought."

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Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.77, Delphi Classics

Lytton Strachey

#Triumph Quotes #Peculiar Quotes #Literature Quotes

“What is striking is these things [patterns in nature, e.g. fish stripes] do look like something that has been crafted. We are conditioned to think that a pattern needs a patterner and so at first glance it seems incredible to us that nature is able to do this, without any sort of blueprint, without any sort of plan. These patterns organise themselves, that is the amazing thing.”
“When immigrants come, the freedom to practice their faith is a guarantee. They may have trouble with their neighbors, but freedom of religion is part of the blueprint for America, and that is the recipe for the religious diversity that we have today.”

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“If you knew the immensity of what it means to be human, you would not talk about God or Heaven.”
“While any one is base, none can be entirely free and noble.”
“Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.”
“We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances.”
“They will do anything for the worker, except become one.”

Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.46, Spectra
“All of us were born at some point, and at some point, unfortunately, most people get sick or need to care for a loved one who is sick. I mean, that's just acknowledging the reality of how we have to have labor market policies that allow people to have families, which is why we work in the first place. We have to have policies that allow us to be able to focus on our jobs and be highly productive employees. You need to be able to have policies that allow us to adjudicate between those two.”

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