"Necessary, since every moment in our lives is marked by death, like a shadow from another realm, it appear to us like a vanishing point for everything. How can one meditate on live without meditating too on its brevity, its precariousness, its fragility?"

-- Andre Comte-Sponville

#Shadow Quotes #Vanishing Quotes #Fragility Quotes

“People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.”
“You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.”
“Nothing is easier than fault finding.”
“The things we fear about poetry are the things that are good about poetry.”
“Put fire into your workout any you burn off worry and frustration!”
“When you choose the paradigm of service, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.”
“I believe no matter how much you research a person's life. No matter how long you spend, the person always remains a mystery. I go by this quote that Mark Twain said about the definition of a biography: a biography is the clothes and buttons of a man or a woman but the real story is in the person's head and that you can never know. I don't think it's possible to get the whole picture, ever.”
“The Iraqi people are some of the warmest people you'll meet in your life. They are extremely receptive to strangers. Their hospitality is immense.”

Source : "Ex-weapons inspector berates war plans". Interview with David Wallis, www.sfgate.com. September 14, 2002.

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