"Just as science is more immediate and exciting than the history of science, so is insight more compelling than a history of insight."

-- Robert D. Richardson

#Thinking Quotes #Exciting Quotes #Insight Quotes

“If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness.”
“Everybody is original, if he tells the truth, if he speaks from himself. But it must be from his *true* self and not from the self he thinks he *should* be.”
“You either believe in the Constitution, or you don't.”
“A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.”

Source : Thomas Keller (2016). “The French Laundry Cookbook”, p.2, Artisan Books
“I wish I could help you" I whisper. You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, okay? Everyone leaves me.”
“No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious.”
“Help me see this brother through the eyes of truth and not of judgement.”
“Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn't last 22 minutes. It lasts forever.”

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