"And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face of a noble object."

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Robertson Davies

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“The inquirer after holiness should associate with those whose intelligence will instruct him; whose example will guide him; whose conversation will inspire him; whose cautions will warn him.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 314, 1895.
“People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.”
“Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?”

Source : "8 Times We Fell In Love With Malala Yousafzai" by Katie O'Malley, www.elle.com. December 7, 2016.
“When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.”

Source : Stephen Mitchell (2014). “Gilgamesh”, p.43, Profile Books
“Every time I get sexually harassed, I'm supposed to turn around and yell at the person, but there are safety issues. Sometimes the best thing you can do it just walk right past that person and have a great day. But sometimes you feel like you really need to say something.”

Source : "Kathleen Hanna on Bikini Kill, growing up, and being a feminist icon". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. November 20, 2012.
“The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy ... it's sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.”
“That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit: This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here-should he need the next, Let the world mind him! This, throws himself on God, and unperplext Seeking shall find Him.”
“Human beings are part of nature. Anything they do is natural. It's impossible for anything in nature to do anything unnatural.”

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