"The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim."

-- Benjamin E. Mays

#Tragedy Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Lows Quotes

“The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ...”

Source : Leon M. Lederman, Dick Teresi (1993). “The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?”, p.13, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.”

Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.172, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.”

Source : "Oscars: The Sad Stories of 9 Acting Nominees Who Committed Suicide" by Scott Feinberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 26, 2014.
“We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?”
“Be kind to thy sister. Not many may know the depths of true sisterly love.”
“When we donâ€™t forgive, weâ€™re not hurting the other person. Weâ€™re not hurting the company that did us wrong. Weâ€™re not hurting God. Weâ€™re only hurting ourselves.”
“I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.”
“And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty, using these steps only, and from one going on to two, and from two to all fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is.”

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