"God made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes; for as laughter enables mirth and surprise to breathe freely, so tears enable sorrow to vent itself patiently. Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair and madness."

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Source : Leigh Hunt (1853). “The Religion of the Heart: A Manual of Faith and Duty”, p.62

Leigh Hunt

#Laughter Quotes #Sorrow Quotes #Tears Quotes

“I've got a penny-ante talent, out of which I try to drum up a living for myself. And what nobody seems to realize is that it's just as difficult to get a bad idea as a good one.”
“Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women.”
“You know, sometimes the little victories that I have throughout the season are not necessarily obvious on the track. Maybe they're another aspect of what I'm doing, winning little victories here and there to get everything in line to be able to perform from top to bottom on race day.”

Source : Danica Patrick's Firestone 550K Post-Race Press Conference, www.motorsport.com. June 6, 2010.
“A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.”
“When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.”
“He's a good sportsman but his best at world trash talking.”
“Because morality is a social necessity, the moment faith in god is banished, man's gaze turns from god to man and he becomes socially conscious. Religious belief prevented the growth of a sense of realism. But atheism at once makes man realistic and alive to the needs of morality.”

Source : "The Need of Atheism". Book by Goparaju Ramachandra Rao, 1980.
“That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.”

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