"People are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each."

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Alan Lightman

#Long Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”
“At man's core there is a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in general man cannot give in to fear, at the very least he postpones indefinitely the moment when he will have to confront himself with the object of his fear... when he will no longer have the assistance of reason as guaranteed by God, or when he will no longer have the assistance of God such as reason guaranteed. It is necessary to recoil, but it is necessary to leap, and perhaps one only recoils in order to leap better.”
“In law also the emphasis makes the song.”
“Someone can do anything they want to you on the outside, but whatever they do to me they cannot destroy what's on my inside. Mentally that cannot be taken away from me, no matter what someone does.”
“Some of the sweetest spirits are housed in frail frames. Great spiritual strength is often developed by those with physical challenges precisely because they are challenged. Such individuals are entitled to all the blessings that God has in store for His faithful and obedient children.”
“We feminists think that women deserve the right NOT to prostitute.”
“There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work.”

Source : "The Next Killer App: Work" by Maynard Webb, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 24, 2010.
“I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”

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