"There is no neatness in any life- great or small. It is only an illusion men foolishly pursue. All lived lives are a mess. The neatness in my life had begun to crumble some time before, but now it disintegrated completely as I vanished into a world of endlessly opening doors, teasing riddles and lives without boundaries. For the first time I began to understand how shallow neatness is. How cramping, how limiting. For the first time I understood neat lives are comatose lives. (the Alchemy of Desire 304)"

-- Tarun J. Tejpal

#Men Quotes #Doors Quotes #Desire Quotes

“It is unethical for any man to tax another man's home to fund his social agenda. Friends don't do that, your enemies will.”
“The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.”

Source : Samuel George Morton, George Combe (1839). “Crania Americana; Or, A Comparative View of the Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations of North and South America: To which is Prefixed an Essay on the Varieties of the Human Species”, p.88, Philadelphia : J. Dobson ; London : Simpkin, Marshall
“Blessed are the joymakers.”
“Our tongues have fallen madly in love and gotten married and moved to Paris.”
“People who are interested in doing something will do it when it's convenient; people who are committed will do it no matter what.”
“Everyone wanted to be the best. Best student. Best servant. Best Christian. They got caught up in it, pressing and pushing until they forgot whom it was they were trying to please.”
“Civilization itself is housed in the human being.”

Source : Nayantara Sahgal (1963). “From fear set free”
“Our behavior toward others is often a reflection of our treatment of ourselves.”

Source : Tal Ben-Shahar (2009). “The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life”, p.16, McGraw Hill Professional

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