"Mount Shasta - a vision of immensity such as pertains to the vast universe rather than to our own planet."

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Source : James Dwight Dana (1849). “United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N: Geology”, p.615

James Dwight Dana

#Vision Quotes #Immensity Quotes #Planets Quotes

“This will arguably be the third great revolution of America, if we can prove that we literally can live without having a dominant European culture.”
“I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2007.
“It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives.”
“In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is infinite, there is no possibility of sacrifice, all is rest and joy. For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in The Kingdom of This World.”

Source : Alejo Carpentier (1990). “The Kingdom of this World”, Andre Deutsch
“I was thinking Im going to die but I'm not going to tap”
“We ought to be more focused on enemies without than preoccupied with finding them within.”
“Advances are Made by Answering Questions. Discoveries are Made by Questioning Answers.”
“I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with an earthen floor.”

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