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Inflection points16 quotes
When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered. — Ryszard Kapuscinski · 1985Perhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the schools of Oxford, and her pulpits might demonstrate to a circumcised people the sanctity and truth of the revelation of Mahomet. — Edward Gibbon · 1789There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go-if there are no doors or windows-he walks through a wall. — Bernard Malamud · 1973There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. These are periods when... To dare is the highest wisdom. — William Ellery Channing · 1829It was at the highest point in the arc of a bridge that I became aware suddenly of the depth and bitterness of my feelings about modern life, and of the profoundness of my yearning for a more vivid, simple, and peaceable world. — John Cheever · 1978The most decisive actions of our life-I mean those that our most likely to decide the whole course of our future-are more often than not, unconsidered. — Andre Gide · 1926All 16 quotes →Adversity2 quotes
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. — George Eliot · 1859Moments of crisis produce in man a redoubling of life. — Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1850Overcoming adversity2 quotes
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. — George Eliot · 1859Moments of crisis produce in man a redoubling of life. — Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1850Special moments2 quotes
You gotta pay attention to the signs. When life reaches out a moment like this, it's a sin if you don't reach back. I'm telling you its a sin if you don't reach back! It'll haunt you for the rest of your days like a curse. — Pat Sr. · 2012Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them. — Bud Fox · 1987Causes of revolution1 quote
When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered. — Ryszard Kapuscinski · 1985Christianity and Islam1 quote
Perhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the schools of Oxford, and her pulpits might demonstrate to a circumcised people the sanctity and truth of the revelation of Mahomet. — Edward Gibbon · 1789Counterfactual history1 quote
Perhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the schools of Oxford, and her pulpits might demonstrate to a circumcised people the sanctity and truth of the revelation of Mahomet. — Edward Gibbon · 1789Decisions and choices1 quote
Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side. — James Russell Lowell · 1845Difficult situations1 quote
Moments of crisis produce in man a redoubling of life. — Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1850Modern life1 quote
It was at the highest point in the arc of a bridge that I became aware suddenly of the depth and bitterness of my feelings about modern life, and of the profoundness of my yearning for a more vivid, simple, and peaceable world. — John Cheever · 1978Moment of realization1 quote
He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him look at the works. — Dashiell Hammett · 1930Motivation1 quote
Moments of crisis produce in man a redoubling of life. — Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1850Regret1 quote
You gotta pay attention to the signs. When life reaches out a moment like this, it's a sin if you don't reach back. I'm telling you its a sin if you don't reach back! It'll haunt you for the rest of your days like a curse. — Pat Sr. · 2012Seasons of life1 quote
There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. These are periods when... To dare is the highest wisdom. — William Ellery Channing · 1829Suffering1 quote
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. — George Eliot · 1859Taking risks1 quote
You gotta pay attention to the signs. When life reaches out a moment like this, it's a sin if you don't reach back. I'm telling you its a sin if you don't reach back! It'll haunt you for the rest of your days like a curse. — Pat Sr. · 2012