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Quotes by Charles Morgan

“The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change, for happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up”

“There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is Gods finger on mans shoulder.”

“As knowledge increases, wonder deepens”

“There are moments, above all on June evenings, when the lakes that hold our moons are sucked into the earth, and nothing is left but wine and the touch of a hand.”

“If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three exceptions and a saving clause.”

“All enchantments die; only cowards die with them”

“Its kind of like having a companion with you, ... Good old satellite Internet.”

“These ghosts, The Last Supper -- Albert thought they would last two years, ... Here it is 21 years later.”

“Our objective was to try to make a positive experience out of reduction in payroll, so we proposed a pay cut to majority of our employees, but also gave them an opportunity to take an additional pay cut.”

“We have seen increasing strength in our business performance as our fiscal year has progressed, which we are confident will allow us to exceed consensus analysts estimates and achieve the primary goals reflected in our financial road map.”

“There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift ones position, and be bruised in a new place”

“We want to bring the black community together to do something positive in the wake of this tragedy.”

“It also pays dividends for our state. When we have some type of national disaster or a manmade disaster, we can get video fairly quickly.”

“Its an integral part of our growth strategy today. If you look at the whole digital space... all of the companies that are providing services in this area are showing very, very solid, double-digit growth these days. And were no exception.”

It is not by great acts but by small failures that freedom dies. The sense of justice dies slowly in a people. They grow used to the unthinkable,and sometimes they may look back and even wonder when things changed. Theywill not find a day or a time or a place. Justice and liberty die quietly, because men first learnto ignore injustice and then no longer recognize it.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is Gods finger on mans shoulder.

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three exceptions and a saving clause.