"work is happiness. No one can take my work from me and therefore no one can take my happiness from me."

-- Marie Corelli

“Economic and military power can be developed under the spur of laws and appropriations. But moral power does not derive from any act of Congress. It depends on the relations of a people to their God. It is the churches to which we must look to develop the resources for the great moral offensive that is required to make human rights secure, and to win a just and lasting peace.”
“I would have liked to come back in 300; they did an origins film of 300 just recently, and it would have been fun to come back and see what happened to my character.”
“I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does.”
“She believed, of course ... because without something to believe in, life would be intolerable.”

Source : Rosamunde Pilcher (2013). “The Shell Seekers”, p.131, Macmillan
“I can't think of a major story that we have broken that was incorrect. But we have had to correct some things that were false; we have had to retract things.”
“One of the chief triumphs of modern mathematics consists in having discovered what mathematics really is.”
“In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which governs survival in war as in life ... To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it; the best chance of overcoming such obstruction is to have a plan that can be easily varied to fit the circumstances met.”
“While it is February one can taste the full joys of anticipation. Spring stands at the gate with her finger on the latch.”

Source : Patience Strong (1951). “The Glory of the Garden”

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