#versa

None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#always #being #bravery #courage #cunning

And for me anyway, consciousness is three components: a personal component which for lack of a better word we can call the soul. A collective component which is more archetypal and a deeper level, and then a universal domain of consciousness. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#archetypal #better #call #collective #component

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#against #argument #average #best #conversation

The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth. ↗

— Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

#appears #culture #diffusion #earth #ever

But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#go #guitar #i #mean #most

It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as one part of your life starts looking up, another falls to pieces. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#another #falls #life #looking #part

All nature wears one universal grin. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#nature #universal #wears

The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#clinical #conversations #days #depression #finds

Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people. ↗

— Joan Collins

#people #problem #rich #rich people #universal

I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly. ↗

— Sean Connery

#boring #chance #conversations #english #french