Detaind Quotes & Sayings

Why is this soe long detaind in a dark manuscript, that if printed would be a Light to the World, & a Universal Blessing? — Thomas Traherne

A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns. — Henry Ward Beecher

Fossil bones and footsteps and ruined homes are the solid facts of history, but the surest hints, the most enduring signs, lie in those miniscule genes. For a moment we protect them with our lives, then like relay runners with a baton, we pass them on to be carried by our descendents. There is a poetry in genetics which is more difficult to discern in broken bomes, and genes are the only unbroken living thread that weaves back and forth through all those boneyards. — Jonathan Kingdon

Perpetual Peace is only found in the graveyard. — Immanuel Kant

There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn out or stained or used up. — Gretchen Rubin

Resentment is an extremely bitter diet, I have no desire to make my own toxins. — Neil Kinnock