"I greet you. Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away."

-- Giovanni Giocondo

#Prayer Quotes #Profound Quotes #Forever Quotes

“He who has lost only those of whose faith and truth he is sure, has not yet reached the depth of human desolation.”

Source : "The Friends of Voltaire". Book by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1906.
“The folkish state must not adjust its entire educational work primarily to the inoculation of mere knowledge, but to the breeding of absolutely healthy bodies. The training of mental abilities is only secondary. And here again, first place must be taken by the development of character, especially the promotion of will-power and determination, combined with the training of joy in responsibility, and only in last place comes scientific schooling.”
“Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.”
“Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mike Birbiglia from Jul 26, 2015
“Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity”
“Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them.”
“The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.”
“You find out what type of man you are.”

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