"In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the earth's history, so far at least as relates to its earliest inhabitants."

-- Charles Lyell

#Perfection Quotes #Wish Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Where there is no difference, there is only indifference.”
“I've done some good work and some not-good work.”
“Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without purpose, you shall labor in vain.”
“That God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.”

Source : Ben Hecht (1954). “A child of the century”, Signet
“I can be pretty nasty. Not 'mean' nasty, but nasty by your parents' standards. But not by my parents' standards, because my parents were nasty for their day.”
“I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.”
“Kant thinks that a free will is a will under moral laws and that freedom and the moral law are distinct thoughts that reciprocally imply each other. Fichte thinks they are the same thought.”
“God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her.”

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