Cs Lewis 4 Loves Quotes & Sayings

The central theme of Anna Karenina," he said, "is that a rural life of moral simplicity, despite its monotony, is the preferable personal narrative to a daring life of impulsive passion, which only leads to tragedy."
"That is a very long theme," the scout said.
"It's a very long book," Klaus replied.
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"Or maybe a daring life of impulsive passion leads to something else," the scout said, and in some cases this mysterious person was right. A daring life of impulsive passion is an expression which refers to people who follow what is in their hearts, and like people who prefer to follow their head, or follow a mysterious man in a dark blue raincoat, people who lead a daring life of impulsive passion end up doing all sorts of things. — Lemony Snicket

Some say, 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' I say, 'Those who ignore history are in for a big surprise.' — Stephen Colbert

I love the valiant; but it is not enough to wield a broadsword, one must also know against whom. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The way he looks at me, and touches me all the time ... It's like he's restraining himself from hog-tying me and dragging me out to the woods. — Kelly Oram

Merely being part of the United States, without regard to our own acts and ideas, does not make us moral or immoral beings. History is more complicated than that. — James W. Loewen

Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens. — Michael Palin

It may seem absurd to believe that a 'primitive' culture in the Himalaya has anything to teach our industrialized society. But our search for a future that works keeps spiraling back to an ancient connection between ourselves and the earth, an interconnectedness that ancient cultures have never abandoned. — Helena Norberg-Hodge

If I go out with no make-up and a tracksuit on, nobody comes up to me. And if they do, I won't do a photo because I wouldn't want any photographic evidence. — Paloma Faith

Not a lot of people can say they are in a job they love to do. I am very fortunate to be able to do that and I thank everyone around me every day for the fact that I am able to do it. — Joe Bowen

one cannot legislate, dictate, or veto the laws of physics, and politics has no place in technical decisions. The — Allan J. McDonald

Climate change could produce a lot of misery and waste without necessarily leading to large-scale armed conflict, which depends more on ideology and bad governance than on resource scarcity. — Steven Pinker

I have the sense that if I push too hard or too far into memory I'll come apart. — Harold Brodkey

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know. — Irving Berlin