"In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference."

-- Augusto Roa Bastos

#Men Quotes #Humanity Quotes #States Quotes

“Dancing came easy to me.”
“I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't!”
“America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.”
“If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.”
“There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous. Some of them are not known even in their own countries, but when you come across them you are very impressed. Those are heroes or heroines we must never forget. Because of their service to society, you can't really help but admire them.”
“Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys.”
“People must flatter their own eyes with their pathetic lives. The things I was saying followed logically the things that I had said before, yet bore no relation to what I was thinking and feeling.”

Source : Lyn Hejinian (2013). “My Life and My Life in the Nineties”, p.28, Wesleyan University Press
“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”

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