Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. - Page 136

BenG · 02-10-2013, 03:06 PM

Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding.
--Mortimer Adler, How to Read a Book

kennyc · 02-11-2013, 08:19 AM

(Goodreads quote of the day)

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

- Nelson Mandela
February 11, 1990: Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years as a political prisoner. He went on to become the President of South Africa.

astrangerhere · 02-11-2013, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

(Goodreads quote of the day)

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

- Nelson Mandela
February 11, 1990: Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years as a political prisoner. He went on to become the President of South Africa.

I worked in South Africa for a while when I was in college. It was amazing to see the effect that he had on the country.

kennyc · 02-11-2013, 02:23 PM

He's a hellofa man!

Apache · 02-11-2013, 03:54 PM

Just to have gone through what he did and not be hate ridden is amazing.
Apache

astrangerhere · 02-11-2013, 09:20 PM

“the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear.”

Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

kennyc · 02-11-2013, 09:30 PM

I love that book, wish there were more of her work.

kennyc · 02-12-2013, 09:29 AM

Today is Darwin's birthday:

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
- Charles Darwin

bfisher · 02-13-2013, 10:36 PM

I have always loved his last sentence in Origin of Species

"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

DianNC · 02-13-2013, 11:05 PM

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

covingtoncat73 · 02-14-2013, 02:33 PM

C.S. Lewis on love for Valentine's Day...

"There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket — safe, dark, motionless, airless – it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell."

tdmsu · 02-16-2013, 12:12 PM

"Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is purely a metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit."
Haruki Murakami in A Wild Sheep Chase

HomeInMyShoes · 02-17-2013, 09:45 AM

"As far as Moby Dick and my father are concerned, I can't really say which perplexes me more; I understand very little about either of them."

~Steven Galloway, Finnie Walsh

sparklemotion · 02-17-2013, 02:55 PM

"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things.” ― Robert Brault

BenG · 02-18-2013, 11:23 AM

Cleanliness is next to fordliness
--Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

02-10-2013, 03:06 PM	#2026
BenG Wizard Posts: 3,210 Karma: 42078797 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Triad Device: Paperwhite	Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding. --Mortimer Adler, How to Read a Book __________________ Ben The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

02-11-2013, 08:19 AM	#2027
kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,975 Karma: 38412194 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	(Goodreads quote of the day) When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. - Nelson Mandela February 11, 1990: Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years as a political prisoner. He went on to become the President of South Africa. __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

02-11-2013, 02:23 PM	#2029
kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,975 Karma: 38412194 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	He's a hellofa man! __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

02-11-2013, 09:20 PM	#2031
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 855 Karma: 8403674 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill / Charlotte, NC Device: NookSTR, Droid X, Asus Transformer Infinity	“the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear.” Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter __________________ astrangerhere // Goodreads // 2013 Challenge Thread The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. --To Kill a Mockingbird It Gets Better \| Love is Louder

02-11-2013, 09:30 PM	#2032
kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,975 Karma: 38412194 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	I love that book, wish there were more of her work. __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

02-11-2013, 03:54 PM	#2030
Apache Readaholic Posts: 1,673 Karma: 26165998 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Nook Color / Nook HD+	Just to have gone through what he did and not be hate ridden is amazing. Apache

02-12-2013, 09:29 AM	#2033
kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,975 Karma: 38412194 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	Today is Darwin's birthday: *It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.* - Charles Darwin __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

02-13-2013, 10:36 PM	#2034
bfisher Groupie Posts: 175 Karma: 599252 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: 45N 75W Device: jetbook lite, Sony PRS-300, Galaxy Discover (Alkido)	I have always loved his last sentence in Origin of Species "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

02-13-2013, 11:05 PM	#2035
DianNC Guru Posts: 720 Karma: 4932569 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Nook Color, Entourage Pocket Edge, iPod Touch 5th Gen	“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.” ― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

02-14-2013, 02:33 PM	#2036
covingtoncat73 Guru Posts: 713 Karma: 9057833 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kobo WiFi, Samsung Galaxy SIII, Acer 10'' Tablet	C.S. Lewis on love for Valentine's Day... "There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket — safe, dark, motionless, airless – it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell." __________________ My Goodreads My FictionPress Yelp!

02-16-2013, 12:12 PM	#2037
tdmsu Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Michigan, USA Device: iPhone, iPad	"Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is purely a metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit." Haruki Murakami in A Wild Sheep Chase

02-17-2013, 09:45 AM	#2038
HomeInMyShoes Ginormous Intergalactic Posts: 10,417 Karma: 34151574 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: junkyard Device: Kindle3	"As far as Moby Dick and my father are concerned, I can't really say which perplexes me more; I understand very little about either of them." ~Steven Galloway, Finnie Walsh __________________ Reading Lists: 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013 “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” - Diane Duane

02-17-2013, 02:55 PM	#2039
sparklemotion dangerous when cornered Posts: 963 Karma: 20198767 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3, K5, KFire, KPW	"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things.” ― Robert Brault __________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss

02-18-2013, 11:23 AM	#2040
BenG Wizard Posts: 3,210 Karma: 42078797 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Triad Device: Paperwhite	Cleanliness is next to fordliness --Aldous Huxley, Brave New World __________________ Ben The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

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