"Familiarity with nature never breeds contempt. The more one learns, the more one expects surprises, and the more one becomes aware of the inscrutable."

-- Archibald Rutledge

#Nature Quotes #Surprise Quotes #Contempt Quotes

“We should be respectful but we must also have the courage to stop harmful practices that impoverish girls, women and their communities.”
“All David Blaine is is a good-looking magician.”
“Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.”
“The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.”
“The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.”

Source : Interview with John Thornhill, Peggy Hollinger and Martin Arnold, www.ft.com. February 6, 2007.
“I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it.”
“How can I tell them that I love them if I'm no longer there?”
“Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing, too.”

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