#he

Another way of judging the value of a prophet's religious experience, therefore, would be to examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#another way #created #cultural #examine #experience

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#could #i #others #seen #why

And wasn't it this bright boy you selected for beating and tortures after hours? Of course it was. We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for their are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? Me? I won't stomach them for a minute. And so when houses were finally fireproofed completely, all over the world (you were correct in your assumption the other night) there was no longer need of firemen for the old purposes. They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior: official censors, judges and executors. That's you, Montag, and that's me. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#equality #fahrenheit- #equality

Free food!" mumbled Hamilton, his mouth full. "No wonder you're rich. You don't have to pay for anything." "Since when is it free?" Jonah demanded. "If I don't leave a big tip, it'll be all over Europe that the Wiz is a cheapskate! They'll seat me behind the sound-man from the penguin movie at the Oscars! ↗

— Gordon Korman

#food

Alec looked at her and shook his head. "How do you manage never to get mud on your clothes?" Isabelle shrugged philosophically. "I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-ashes #clean #dirt #humor #isabelle-lightwood

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #life

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#nicholas-sparks #romance #the-notebook #love

If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day. ↗

— Emily Brontë

#classic #heathcliff #love #love

Flight 2039 to Boston is now boarding at gate 14A," a voice announced over the PA system. Nellie sighed. "I love Irish accents." She paused. "And Australian accents. And English accents." A dreamy look came over her face. "Theo had an awesome accent." Dan snorted. "Yeah, there was just that one tiny problem. He turned out to be a two-timing, backstabbing thief. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#backstabbers #dan-cahill #nellie-gomes #the #love

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#reason #science #skeptic #science