“Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.” PeopleKnowsBelieveFallWinningTearsExtremesShyTake MeLoyalKnow MeAthleticsOld FriendsExhilaration Author:Sally Pearson
“How does newness come into the world? How is it born? Of what fusions, translations, conjoinings is it made? How does it survive, extreme and dangerous as it is? What compromises, what deals, what betrayals of its secret nature must it make to stave off the wrecking crew, the exterminating angel, the guillotine? Is birth always a fall? Do angels have wings? Can men fly?” MenWorldDoeMadeFallBornDealsSecretDangerousBirthAngelWingsExtremesBetrayalCompromiseCrewTranslationsFusionNewnessGuillotine Book:The Satanic Verses Source: The Satanic Verses
“If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.” IfsMindHumansFallSidesExtremesYieldHuman MindGentlenessSoftnessRigor Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, you must also guard against an extreme into which some people fall, who, in their desire to speak evil of no one, actually uphold and speak well of vice.” PeopleWellsDesireFallEvilSpeakDangerApproachVicesExtremesSensitiveSlander Book:The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books] Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“It is at the approach of extreme danger when a hollow puppet can accomplish nothing, that power falls into the mighty hands of nature, of the spirit giant-born, who listens only to himself, and knows nothing of compacts.” KnowsHandsSpiritFallBornDangerApproachExtremesAccomplishGiantsHollowPuppetsAccomplish Nothing Author:Friedrich Schiller
“The strength of an individual is not in his extreme freedom and libertine lifestyle, but in the stalwartness of his character and his moral vigor. The society is made of individuals. What is true for an individual is also true for the society. A society that is not founded on moral values is doomed to fall.” MadeCharacterValuesFallIndividualMoralExtremesLifestyleDoomedVigorMoral ValuesLibertine Author:Ali Sina