"My God, he couldn't help thinking, how terrible it is to be that age, to have emotions so near the surface that the slightest turbulence causes them to boil over. That, very simply, was what adulthood must be all about -- acquiring the skill to bury things more deeply. Out of sight and, whenever possible, out of mind."

-- Richard Russo

#Thinking Quotes #Sight Quotes #Skills Quotes

“The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact.”

Source : Leslie Stephen (1873). “Essays on Freethinking and Plainspeaking”, p.52
“We are born male. We must learn to be men. Remember, strength is a force. It is an attribute of the heart. Its opposite is not weakness and fear, but confusion, lack of clarity, and lack of sound intention. If you are able to discern the path with heart and follow it even when at the moment it seems wrong, then and only then are you strong. Remember the words of Tao te ching. "The only true strength is a strength that people do not fear." Strength based in force is a strength people fear. Strength based in love is a strength people crave.”
“One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.”
“You've done so many things and read so many books. Do you still believe in happy endings?" "Oh my Lord, yes." Bernadette's hands were pressed against each other like a book, like a prayer. "I guess I would. I've had about a hundred of them.”
“The best is yet to come and won't that be fine.”

Source : Song: The Best Is Yet To Come, 1997
“To base the unexplainabilty and the immense wonder of nature onto an other miracle, God, is unnecessary and not acceptable for any serious thinker.”
“Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits of work.”
“Black power is organizing the rage of Black people and putting new hard questions and demands to white America.”

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