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  • The Book of Telling tells of a woman's journey to uncover the secret life of her father and to find herself in the process, an unusual counterpoint between personal history and the history of a young nation. Haunting, powerful, and beautifully written.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Lightman Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Father Quotes
  • The Tao never does anything, yet through it all things are done. If powerful men and women could venter themselves in it, the whole world would be transformed by itself, in its natural rhythms. People would be content with their simple, everyday lives, in harmony, and free of desire. When there is no desire, all things are at peace.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Simple Quotes
  • I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Albert Einstein Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Inspiration Quotes
  • Only the truth and its expression can establish that new public opinion which will reform the ancient obsolete and pernicious order of life; and yet we not only do not express the truth we know, but often even distinctly give expression to what we ourselves regard as false. If only free men would not rely on that which has no power, and is always fettered upon external aids; but would trust in that which is always powerful and free the truth and its expression!
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Men Quotes