Miscellaneous Quotes - Page 2
All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.
Tao-te Ching ch. 40 (translation byWing-Tsit Chan)
The world is content with setting right the surface of things.
John Henry Newman (1859). “The Scope and Nature of University Education ... Second Edition”, p.296
While knowledge is orderly and cumulative, information is random and miscellaneous.
"Gresham's Law: Knowledge or Information?". Daniel J. Boorstin's remarks at the White House conference on library and information services in Washington, D.C., November 19, 1979.
Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.397
Song: Painted Eyelids, Album: One Foot In The Grave, 1994
For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1848). “Don Quixote”, p.424
I guess grace doesn't have to [be] logical. If it did, it wouldn't be grace.
Max Lucado (2011). “No Wonder They Call Him the Savior -: Discover Hope in the Unlikeliest Place?Upon the Cross”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc
The funny thing about stopping is that as soon as you do it, here you are.
Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion
Jeremy Bernstein (1982). “Science Observed: Essays Out of My Mind”, Basic Books (AZ)
Jean de La Fontaine (1843). “Fables”, p.58
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