Quotes of Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

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Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.

- Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

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“ Tucker strokes my hair. There's something so tender about the gesture. It might as well have been him whispering I love you. ”

- Cynthia Hand

“ If we open ourselves up to our feelings, our intuition, and our spiritual centers, we become much closer to the mystery of the Universe. ”

- Patricia Lynn

“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ”

- Confucius

“ And out of Tristan's heart there grew a hazel tree, and out of Iseult's a honeysuckle, and they arched together and clung and intertwined so that they could never be separated anymore. ”

- Rosemary Sutcliff

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Perfection does not exist you can always do better and you can always grow. ”

- Les Brown

“ Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. ”

- Anonymous

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t get very far until you change it. ”

- Unknown

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ Dream so big you get uncomfortable telling smallminded people. ”

- Praharsh Prasoon

“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

“ If you listen more, you will judge less; and when you judge less, you will appreciate differences; and you will be more happy. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Remember when your heart is empty, don’t fill it with lies and deception. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. ”

- Unknown

“ The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it. ”

- Cleveland Amory

“ Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less. ”

- Maggie Stiefvater

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa