Rather - Quotes
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die.
It takes courage [...] to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.
It is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart.
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves - say rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
However many ways there may be of being alive, it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead, or rather not alive.
Maybe who we are isn`t so much about what we do, but rather what we`re capable of when we least expect it.
Life, it`s rather like opening a tin of sardines. We are all of us looking for the key.
People don`t ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts.
It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.
Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.