"Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its possession - to defend it against every thrust from within or without."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower

#Fear Quotes #Men Quotes #Injustice And Oppression Quotes

“My life is so boring that your brains are going to melt and come out of your eyes.”
“You don't want to look too far ahead or get too excited about anything, so I just want to keep doing what I've been doing.”
“The physical domain of the country had its counterpart in me. The trails I made led outward into the hills and swamps, but they led inward also. And from the study of things underfoot, and from reading and thinking, came a kind of exploration, myself and the land. In time the two became one in my mind. With the gathering force of an essential thing realizing itself out of early ground, I faced in myself a passionate and tenacious longing--- to put away thought forever, and all the trouble it brings, all but the nearest desire, direct and searching.”
“Sexual union is a holy moment in which a part of Heaven flows into the Earth.”
“When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.”

Source : Benjamin Robert Haydon (1876). “Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk”, p.413
“What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?”
“He earned every precious beautiful moment life gave back to him.”
“Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.”

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