Marquis de Lafayette If the king refuses the constitution, I shall oppose him; if he accepts it, I shall defend him; and the day on which he gave himself up as my prisoner secured me more fully to his service than if he had promised me half his kingdom. – Marquis de Lafayette Accepts Quotes Constitution Quotes Day Quotes Defend Quotes King Quotes Kingdom Quotes Oppose Quotes Prisoner Quotes Promised Quotes Refuses Quotes Secured Quotes Service Quotes Our articles of confederation ought to be revised and measures immediately taken to invigorate the Continental Union. Depend upon it: there lies the danger for America. This last stroke is wanting, and unless the states be strongly bound to each other, we have to fear from British and, indeed, from European politics. An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas and the truth of prophecy has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover and with the conviction of a geometrician.
Said Nursi Belief is so valuable and living that it infuses with life everything it enters! It transforms the fleeting glimmer of transitory life into eternal life, dispelling the transience in it. – Said Nursi
Richard Wagner I was in a state of gnawing, sensuous agitation that excited continually both blood and nerves when I sketched out the music for ‘Tannhauser’ and brought it to completion. – Richard Wagner
Clifford Geertz Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology. – Clifford Geertz
Armaan Malik Amaal and I have some sort of magnetic connection. I am my brother’s first assistant. So I have sung the scratch versions of all his songs. We make music at home, jam every day. – Armaan Malik
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