"A deal of the world's sound happiness is lost through Shyness."

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Source : Vernon Lee (1929). “A Vernon Lee Anthology: Selections from the Earlier Works”

Vernon Lee

#World Quotes #Sound Quotes #Shyness Quotes

“Our atmosphere can't tell the difference between emissions from an Asian factory, the exhaust from a North American SUV, or deforestation in South America or Africa”
“Whence it is evident that the remedy must be adapted to the particular cause of the mischief; consequently, the cause must be ascertained, before the remedy is devised.”

Source : Jean Baptiste Say, Charles Robert Prinsep (1857). “A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth”, p.336
“I have always felt that I have observed life in a different way to others... Music has always been one creative outlet for me, but now I'm happy to add another one too, that being photography”
“Don't evaluate yourself, don't evaluate others. Just keep going after it.”
“I've never worked to make money. I understand we've got to eat and all that, but I never said I want to be a multimillionaire or a billionaire. To me, that's of no significance. I work to have the accomplishment.”
“I always pull over for people who need a push.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We are left with the feeling that the church has overdone it, no matter how you cut it, and that homosexuals have certainly suffered more wrong than they have committed, and that there must be flaws in whatever theology of nature or hierarchy of sins has made homosexuality be viewed as the nadir of depravity... This feeling increases when one becomes acquainted with responsible, Christian, homosexual people.”
“The angels are ministering spirits; they are not governing spirits.”

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