"All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death."

-- Milarepa

#Sorrow Quotes #Acquisition Quotes #Birth Quotes

“Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?”

Source : William Dean Howells (2015). “The Complete Travel Books of William Dean Howells: Travel Memoirs & Reports from Traveling Across Europe (Illustrated): Venetian Life, Italian Journeys, Roman Holidays and Others, Suburban Sketches, Familiar Spanish Travels, A Little Swiss Sojourn, London Films & Seven English Cities”, p.63, e-artnow
“Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.”
“I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department.”
“There's no obvious reason to assume that the very same rare properties that allow for our existence would also provide the best overall setting to make discoveries about the world around us. We don't think this is merely coincidental. It cries out for another explanation, an explanation that... points to purpose and intelligent design in the cosmos.”

Source : Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Wesley Richards (2004). “The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery”, p.15, Regnery Publishing
“Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.”
“When weâ€™re passionate about something, we innovate, create, and continue on with our dreams.”
“Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.”
“And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.”

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