"I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me." "Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep."

-- Georgette Heyer

#Sleep Quotes #Giving Quotes #Imagine Quotes

“There was a point when I was so sick of this physical perfection thing that I thought it would be good for all young girls to eat burgers and sweets as a rebellion but I don't think that anymore because it's not healthy.”
“Nature has no promise for society, least of all, any remedy for sin.”

Source : Horace Bushnell (1858). “Nature and the Supernatural: As Together Constituting the One System of God”, p.249
“Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.”
“Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.”
“There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts on tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.”

Source : Walt Kelly (1974). “Pogo revisited: containing the complete volumes of The Pogo poop book, Instant Pogo [and] The Jack Acid Society black book”, Simon & Schuster
“Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 24, 2016
“We are living in what the Greeks called the kairos- the right moment- for a 'metamorphosis of the gods', of the fundamental principles and symbols. This peculiarity of our time, which is certainly not of our conscious choosing, is the expression of the unconscious man within us who is changing.”
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.”

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