"Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth."

-- Steven Pinker

#Mother Quotes #White Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.”

Source : Aravind Adiga (2011). “Last Man in Tower”, p.34, Atlantic Books Ltd
“Like every big organisation these days, the BBC is obsessed with the wellbeing of those who set foot on its premises. Studios must display warning notices if there is real glass on the set, and the other day I was presented with a booklet explaining how to use a door. I am not kidding.”
“Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.”
“My biggest mistake: not wanting to help myself into thinking I am happy, that change would come about without really trying to change, or wanting to change. Procrastinating about changing. I do want to change.”
“I couldn't imagine, and I don't say this with any pride, but I really couldn't imagine writing without a desperate deadline.”
“Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year.”
“A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.”
“True technique will know how to maintain the illusion of liberty, choice, and individuality; but these will have been carefully calculated so that they will be integrated into the mathematical reality merely as appearances!”

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