Gavin Pretor-Pinney quotes

“The humble Cumulus humilis - never hurt a soul.”
-- Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Source : Gavin Pretor-Pinney (2007). “The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds”, p.28, Penguin

#Hurt Quotes #Humble Quotes #Soul Quotes

“We pledge to fight 'blue-sky thinking wherever we find it. Life would be dull if we had to look up at cloudless monotony day after day.”
-- Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Source : Gavin Pretor-Pinney (2007). “The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds”, p.11, Penguin

#Fighting Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Blue Quotes

“How sad that we can now go up in aeroplanes and see that there are no gods upon the clouds.”
-- Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Source : Gavin Pretor-Pinney (2007). “The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds”, p.33, Penguin

#Clouds Quotes

“I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than to speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies.”

“When you love someone, you can't lie to them. It hurts to much. It's a deception that goes too deep.”

“It’s pretty impossible to hurt what Death protects.”

“Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.”

“People become concerned with being more humble than other people.”

“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...”

“I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.”

“I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise”

“I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.”

“When a soul is created, so is its mate. In every lifetime those souls find each other. They complete the other's destiny.”