"Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them."

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Source : Samuel Butler (1951). “Notebooks”

Samuel Butler

#Freedom Quotes #Book Quotes #Soul Quotes

“A leader must be ready to send the soldiers under his command to their deaths”
“I am China, pronounced as Chee-na. And I think it's time the world lets older women age gracefully.”
“A sudden thought strikes me,-let us swear an eternal friendship.”

Source : John Hookham Frere, sir Henry Bartle E. Frere (1st bart.) (1872). “The works of John Hookham Frere, collected with a mem. by W.E. and sir B. Frere”, p.114
“Our Heavenly Father is the Father of our spirits, and Jesus Christ is the Creator of this world. They know and understand us and the world around us better than anyone else. Looking to a higher source for knowledge and power can help us far more than relying on the wisdom of the world. We need to have the Spirit and look to the prophets and our priesthood leaders. We also need to look to the scriptures, which contain God's words to holy men.”
“So many assume the truth is either black or white... It's all evolution or it's totally creation, for example. Reality creates consciousness; consciousness creates reality. Actually truth is inclusive, neither black nor white, nor a shade of grey. Indeed, truth is a multicolored spectrum, a beautiful hologram!”
“Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.”
“There are joys so complete, so all perfect, that one should not survive them.”
“Whatever I feel, I say frankly.”

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