#roof

It was her brother,' said Mr. Thornton to himself. 'I am glad.I may never see her again; but it is comfort-a relief-to know that much. I knew she could not be unmaidenly; and yet I yearned for conviction. Now I am glad!' It was a little golden thread running through the dark web of his present fortunes; which were growing ever gloomier and more gloomy. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#love #misfortunes #proof #love

To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God. ↗

— Simone Weil

#god #proof #faith

At the unconscious level, Americans believe that good people succeed, that success is bestowed upon you by God. Your success demonstrates that God loves you. ↗

— Clotaire Rapaille

#americans #code #culture #divine #god

After joyfully working each morning, I would leave off around midday to challenge myself to a footrace. Speeding along the sunny paths of the Jardin du Luxembourg, ideas would breed like aphids in my head—for creative invention is easy and sublime when air cycles quickly through the lungs and the body is busy at noble tasks. ↗

— Roman Payne

#health #jardin-du-luxembourg #nobility #noble #paris

Impossibility only lasts until you find new unbelievable hard evidences. ↗

— Toba Beta

#inspirational #life #perception #possibility #proof

It is up to you civilians to give a hand to show that we intend to take our responsibilities to maintain the integrity of our Empire, by giving the world proof that we have not all sold out to the Jew or Plutocrat. ↗

— John Amery

#empire #give #giving #hand #integrity

Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof. ↗

— Richard Bach

#grow #grow up #members #rarely #roof

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#any #characteristic #essence #explanations #full

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. ↗

— Claude Bernard

#fact #furnishes #idea #itself #nothing

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep. ↗

— George Borrow

#beneath #i #i am #invariably #people