"It is difficult to divest one's self of vanity; because impossible to divest one's self of self-love."

-- Horace Walpole

#Vanity Quotes #Self Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“If we win, I'm happy. The rest of it is just stuff.”
“When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure clarified your attitude toward him. You have given a definite answer to a definite problem. For better or worse you have acted decisively. In a way, the next move is up to him.”

Source : "Golden Gate and Other Stories". Book by R. A. Lafferty, 1982.
“Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon himself an earthly tabernacle. He experienced joy and sorrow, happiness and grief, lasting satisfaction and frequent disappointments. As Paul has written, "Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him."”

Source : Alma P. Burton, Clea M. Burton (1966). “For They Shall Be Comforted”, p.30, Cedar Fort
“The difference between passion and addiction is that between a divine spark and a flame that incinerates.”
“In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped through life, unaware of all the atrocities lurking in the world around them.”
“Look at Goethe, at Lamartine and at many others! To depict feelings on this high plane, you must give up the process of minute and insignificant observation which is the bane of the artists of to-day.”
“It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe, not that tribe. We don't have to do that anymore - we have processed food now!”
“You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.”

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