"...all the answers are but waiting for us while we, poor fools, ask questions and wait for the secrets of God to open themselves up to us: when they, all the while, are waiting for us to open ourselves up to them..."

-- Muhammad Asad

#Waiting Quotes #Secret Quotes #Answers Quotes

“[Envy not for...] Whatever difference there may appear to be in men's fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of good and ill in all, that makes them equal.”
“If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.”
“Oh, God, the lovebirds,â€ Magnus said, pulling the pillow off his face. â€œI hate happy couples.”
“My feet are definitely more grounded than before. And I know that I'm not holding onto a dream. I'm holding onto my life.”
“It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.”
“You perhaps now know that desire reduces us to pulp.”

Source : Georges Bataille (1972). “My mother”, Jonathan Cape
“I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.”
“I'm really conscious of the amount of food I eat, but I don't deny myself anything. For example, I have a really big sweet tooth. At the end of the night, if I'm craving ice cream, I might not have the bowl that I would have when I was a kid, but I'll put a couple of scoops in a coffee mug, and I'll eat it slowly, and I enjoy every moment of it.”

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