"The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking."

-- Charles Sanders Peirce

#Exercise Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Finals Quotes

“A Grecian history, perfectly written should be a complete record of the rise and progress of poetry, philosophy, and the arts.”
“I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste,”
“I gave my wife a twenty-five-dollar gift certificate. She used it as a down payment on a mink coat.”
“The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.”
“I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.”
“If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.”
“I don't know if the unborn has rights, but I do know that being born again doesn't give you more rights.”
“Luneta and her parents started and whirled around, to see Terence standing just inside Luneta's door. "Deuce it, Terence!" Luneta's father expostulated. "You'll kill someone that way someday! How did you get inside without any of us hearing you?" "I came in the door, of course," Terence replied, stepping forward. He held two swords in scabbards, which he tossed onto Luneta's bed as he approaced. "For anyone else, the hinges would have squeaked," Luneta's father muttered.”

Source : Gerald Morris (2008). “The Lioness and Her Knight”, p.256, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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