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Bertrand Russell quote: "I do not think there can be any defense for the view that..."
I do not think there can be any defense for the view that knowledge is ever undesirable. Bertrand Russell
I mean you're given all these lessons for the unimportant things--piano-playing, typing. You're given years and years of lessons in how to balance equations, which Lord knows you will never have to do in normal life. But how about parenthood? Or marriage, either, come to think of it. Before you can drive a car you need a state-approved course of instruction, but driving a car is nothing, nothing, compared to living day in and day out with a husband and raising up a new human being. Anne Tyler
My nephew has HDADHD. High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. He can barely pay attention, but when he does it's unbelievably clear. Steven Wright
Standing safely on the opposite bank with her dry maid, her dry escort, and a company of streaming horsemen, Philippa said scathingly, ‘That’s men for you. Cover the lady’s retreat, the book says. A hundred years ago, maybe. And what stopped you from coming with me just now? I can swim, you know. Dorothy Dunnett
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without..."
Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement. Michel de Montaigne
When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary. Terry Prachett
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "How can you live, with such a hell in your heart and in your..."
How can you live, with such a hell in your heart and in your head? Fyodor Dostoevsky
Felicity, felicity - how shall I say it? - is quaffed out of a golden cup in every latitude: the flavour is with you - with you alone, and you can make it as intoxicating as you please. Joseph Conrad
Algernon Charles Swinburne quote: "Ask nothing more of me sweet;All I can give you I give;Heart..."
Ask nothing more of me sweet;All I can give you I give;Heart of my heart were it more,More would be laid at your feet.. Algernon Charles Swinburne
When in situations of stress we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacity perfectly, placed us here to succeed Neal A. Maxwell
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. Albert Einstein
Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in its eyes.... Frederick Buechner
On principle' one can do anything and what one does is, fundamentally, a matter of indifference, just as a man's life remains insignificant even though 'on principle' he gives his support to all the 'needs of the times. Soren Kierkegaard
Jodi Picoult quote: "What good is the legal process if people can decide their..."
What good is the legal process if people can decide their motives are bigger than the law? Jodi Picoult
If you avoid the killer diseases and keep the degenerative ones under control with sensible diet and exercise and whatever chemotherapy you need to stay in balance, you can live nearly forever. Wallace Stegner

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