“Should i learn Letters first? Or choose the path of Numbers? A queston every baby must ask it self.”
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Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
"Letter to N.N.," quoted by Havelock Ellis in "The New Spirit" http://books.google.com/books?id=xCp6OIGcojMC& (1892) p. 226
“You bid me burn your letters. But I must forget you first.”
John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States
Letter to Abigail Adams (28 April 1776)
1770s
Context: Is there no way for two friendly souls to converse together, although the bodies are 400 miles off? Yes, by letter. But I want a better communication. I want to hear your think, or to see your thoughts.
The conclusion of your letter makes my heart throb more than a cannonade would. You bid me burn your letters. But I must forget you first.
“Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta.”
Suzanne Collins book Catching Fire
Source: Catching Fire
“Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
“Of the two, I choose the ascending path.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book The Saviors of God
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: Which of the two eternal roads shall I choose? Suddenly I know that my whole life hangs on this decision — the life of the entire Universe.
Of the two, I choose the ascending path. Why? For no intelligible reason, without any certainty; I know how ineffectual the mind and all the small certainties of man can be in this moment of crisis.
I choose the ascending path because my heart drives me toward it. "Upward! Upward! Upward!" my heart shouts, and I follow it trustingly.
“Now, look, baby, 'Union' is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
“It wasn't that I had to be first in everything, but I should have been number one.”
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 72