“I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even to ourselves; but our abilities are permanent, and their demands never cease.” BelieveMomentsHappinessDesireI BelieveAbilityDestinyDemandCeasePermanent Author:Madame de Stael
“[The church's] job is to provide permanent solace and spiritual leadership to the people as a whole, whatever their government at the moment, so long as it stays within the bounds of moral decency.” PeopleLongWholeMomentsGovernmentJobsSpiritualChurchMoralBoundsPermanentDecencySolaceSpiritual Leadership Author:James A. Michener
“With regard to the duration of human life, there does not appear to have existed from the earliest ages of the world to the present moment the smallest permanent symptom or indication of increasing prolongation.” WorldHumansDoeMomentsAgeRegardPermanentHuman LifePresent MomentSmallestSymptomsIndicationDuration Book:An Essay on the Principle of Population: Illustrated Source: An Essay on the Principle of Population: Illustrated