Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well (Germaine Greer)
I want your naked soul or nothing at all
I want your naked soul or nothing at all (Melody Lee, Moon Gypsy)
The Holy One is a flame
The Holy One is a flame (Lailah Gifty Akita)
The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths
The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths (Matshona Dhliwayo)
If we first purify our souls, we desire to dwell in clean surroundings
If we first purify our souls, we desire to dwell in clean surroundings (Lailah Gifty Akita)
To speak, to write , without charm is to make utterances without reference to a reality outside oneself. It is an act devoid of the playfulness of art, without the attractive humility of one who know absolutely that others exist and therefore feels drawn to please them, because to give them an instant of pleasure is to acknowledge their existence
To speak, to write , without charm is to make utterances without reference to a reality outside oneself. It is an act devoid of the playfulness of art, without the attractive humility of one who know absolutely that others exist and therefore feels drawn to please them, because to give them an instant of pleasure is to acknowledge their existence (Patricia Hampl, I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory)
I’m against the picture of the artist as a starry-eyed visionary not really in control or knowing what he does. I’d almost prefer the word ‘craftsman’. He’s like one of those old-fashioned ship builders who conceived the build of the boat in their mind and after that touched every single piece that went into the boat
I’m against the picture of the artist as a starry-eyed visionary not really in control or knowing what he does. I’d almost prefer the word ‘craftsman’. He’s like one of those old-fashioned ship builders who conceived the build of the boat in their mind and after that touched every single piece that went into the boat (William Golding)
We can only sense ourselves and our world valued and cherished by God when we feel valued and cherished by others ‘
We can only sense ourselves and our world valued and cherished by God when we feel valued and cherished by others ‘ (Brennan Manning, A Glimpse of Jesus: The Stranger to Self-Hatred)
The single most important thing in a child’s performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing
The single most important thing in a child’s performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing (Michael Gove)
Innovations succeed when failure is seen as a learning step to great success
Innovations succeed when failure is seen as a learning step to great success (Pearl Zhu, 100 Creativity Ingredients: Everyone’s Playbook to Unlock Creativity)