"Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing."

-- Joseph de Maistre

#Men Quotes #Hands Quotes #Sake Quotes

“And so I have to live. Because we live for more than just ourselves, Most of the time we live for others, keep putting one foot before the other, left and right, left and right, so that walking becomes a habit, just like breathing. Ina n out, left and right.”
“Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth's extinct species, and even for groups that are most readily preserved and found as fossils they can never expect to find more than a fraction.”
“The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.”
“I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
“When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.”
“If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.”
“You noodle around with tempo and sound until you get the perfect fit for that particular song, and then, so long as you can sustain it, God is on your side and everything comes easily and even the waiters smile.”

Source : Wilfrid Sheed (1990). “Essays in Disguise”, Alfred A. Knopf
“I think the people we meet in life and the loves of our lives are very, very important in what we become, like change us - when it's right, probably change us for the best.”

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