quotes about Civilized Nations

“Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.”

“Knowledge is awareness, and to it there are many paths, not all of them paved with logic.”

“Bulls make money and bears make money, but pigs seldom do. When a stock or mutual fund is up 30%, sell one-quarter of your position.”

“After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.”

Source : "Breaking: CIA's Petraeus Resigning". David Petraeus' letter of resignation to the CIA staff, security.blogs.cnn.com. November 9, 2012.

“Information storage has to take place at the unconscious level.”

“Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is a sense of belonging to one's community, to one's country and to the earth. Above all it is a feeling of being grounded in one's body, in one's humanity, and in one's animal nature. It can be all of these things because it is a manifestation of life, an expression of the living force that unites all beings. It is a biological phenomenon and not a psychic creation.”

“What you gain here, you lose on the other side.”

“Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.”

Source : Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.57

“I am an artist, and, through my eye, must confess to a tremendous bias. In my purely literary voyages my eye is always my compass.”

“Tears stung her eyes. She sank her knees next to the sleeping bench and gently raked strands of golden hair from him forehead. "Don't you die. don't you dare. I forbid it." As if Han Alister had ever listened to anything she said.”