"To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted."

-- Ann Radcliffe

#Disappointment Quotes #Mind Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“He who speaks the truth must keep one foot in the stirrup.”
“In all cultures, it is the task of a religion to close the field of contingency ...and to set up havens of the absolute where it is possible to be led from acting to listening, from having to being, from planning to hoping, from judging to forgiving from the finite into the infinite. A society in which such open spaces of eternity do not exist or are only insufficiently developed dies of itself due to lack of air to breathe.”

Source : "A Violent God-Image: An Introduction to the Work of Eugen Drewermann". Book by Matthias Beier, 2004.
“If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one's self is like the heat in an oven. It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.”

Source : Alan Bradley (2016). “The Flavia de Luce Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.552, Delacorte Press
“That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much.”
“I created my foundation as a result of that and my website, and I try to shed some light on some very topical issues right now. The idea is to try to get people to become obviously more knowledgeable about the issue and try to get corporations and individuals to contribute to these nonprofit organizations.”
“The supreme blossoming of character lies (or reside) in renounciation (or renuncement) and abnegation of self ("abnÃ©gation de soi", Fr.”
“I keep looking for things I haven't done yet.”
“Any virus that's been sequenced today - that genome can be made.”

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