"Is is seldom possible to say of the medievals that they always did one thing and never another; they were marvelously inconsistent."

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Source : Thomas Cahill (2010). “Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern World”, p.97, Anchor

Thomas Cahill

#Inconsistent Quotes

“Besides, life isn't meant to be safe. It's only in our mistakes, our errors, and our faults that we grow and truly live.”
“When objects shattered into fragments appeared in my painting about 1909, this for me was a way of getting closest to the object... Fragmentation helped me to establish space and movement in space.”

Source : "Braque". Book by Edwin Mullins, Thames and Hudson, p. 55, 1968.
“Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something.”
“There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better, tougher training, more marksmanship on the firing range, the instant obedience to orders seared into men in boot camp.”

Source : James Brady (2007). “The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea”, p.9, Macmillan
“By god the Buddhist means that from which the universe was born, the unborn of the Buddhist scriptures, and by soul that factor in the thing called man which moves towards enlightenment. Why need more be said of it, at any rate those who are not content with scholarship, but strive to attain that same enlightenment?”

Source : Christmas Humphreys (1969). “An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers”
“Art is not emotion. Art is the medium in which emotion is expressed.”
“Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.”
“Because nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.”

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