“Wishes cannot be summoned up or kept away at will. They come from deeper within us than good or bad intentions. And they spring up unannounced.”
Source: The Neverending Story
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“And the spring comes slowly up this way.”
Part I
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Christabel
“People are more inclined to believe in bad intentions than in good ones.”
La gente è più acconcia a credere il male che il bene.
Third Day, Sixth Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)
The Descent of the Dove (1939), Ch. 5
The Glenn Beck Program, January 23, 2008 http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/4897/
2000s, 2006-2009
1830s, The Lyceum Address (1838)
Context: At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? — Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! — All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
“No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.”
Letter to the Young Women of Malolos
“Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.”
Source: How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In