#far

In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know. ↗

— John le Carre

#been #being #complex #crisis #every

I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. ↗

— Jack Vance

#call #done #far #got #i

Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in conformity with the Catholic faith. Theologians should understand that. Some theologians go too far, for example, reducing the Catholic faith to a universal philosophy. ↗

— Godfried Danneels

#catholic faith #conformity #example #faith #far

The lines of fate on my hand, once so bright, faded into echo. The memory of his face in my dreams, once so luminous passed into shadow. ↗

— Farrah Naseem

#farrah-naseem #fate #sacred #dreams

Slavery is not the only question which comes up in this controversy. There is a far more important one to you, and that is, what shall be done with the free negro? ↗

— Stephen Douglas

#controversy #done #far #free #important

The soul is so far from being a monad that we have not only to interpret other souls to ourself but to interpret ourself to ourself. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#far #interpret #monad #only #other

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#far #formed #man #mind #more

This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven. ↗

— Geoffrey Fisher

#country #far #heaven #kingdom #last

A ship's engine far away on the water expands the summer-night horizon. Both joy and sorrow swell in the dew's magnifying glass. Without really knowing, we divine; our life has a sister ship, following quietly another route. While the sun blazes behind the islands. ↗

— Tomas Transtromer

#away #behind #blazes #both #dew

There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison. ↗

— Paul Goodman

#convince #damage #done #far #far less