"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

#Faith Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Catholic Quotes

“Many people never reach greater because they don't leave good enough behind.”
“I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it.”

Source : "New kid on the block" by Matt Seaton, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2002.
“My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I'm finding out it's not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It's more about staying healthy and flexible.”
“The advice I give to all adventurers is to seek a place where they may sleep in safety.”

Source : Samuel de Champlain, Henry Percival Biggar, Hugh Hornby Langton, William Francis Ganong, John Home Cameron (1936). “The works of Samuel de Champlain ...”
“Woman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers; but she risks its forfeiture when she seeks to extend it.”
“Perfect love was that kind of love that made no sense but made everything else make sense somehow. It was raw and unscripted, turbulent and slightly unpredictable.”
“[Kurt] Vonnegut was a writer whose great gift was that he always seemed to be talking directly to you. He wasn't writing, he wasn't showing off, he was just telling you, nobody else, what it was like, what it was all about. That intimacy made him beloved. We can admire the art of John Updike or Philip Roth, but we love Vonnegut.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“A compliment is verbal sunshine.”

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