A person with a mind is bound to be filled with conceptions. These conceptions prevent him from knowing things directly, so a person with a mind shall never really know (Liezi, Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living)
One mark of originality that can win canonical status for a literary work is strangeness that we either never altogether assimilate, or that becomes such a given that we are blinded to its idiosyncrasies
One mark of originality that can win canonical status for a literary work is strangeness that we either never altogether assimilate, or that becomes such a given that we are blinded to its idiosyncrasies. (Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages)
Picture a girl with her arms full of small packages, too many to hold all at once. When they topple and fall all around her, she stoops down and scoops them all back up, literally re-collecting all the gifts that are already hers. To set your mind is to recollect truth that already belongs to you
Picture a girl with her arms full of small packages, too many to hold all at once. When they topple and fall all around her, she stoops down and scoops them all back up, literally re-collecting all the gifts that are already hers. To set your mind is to recollect truth that already belongs to you (Emily P. Freeman, Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life)
In the balance of my professional life, I’ve had the privilege of the working as a practicing lawyer and teacher
In the balance of my professional life, I’ve had the privilege of the working as a practicing lawyer and teacher (Neil Gorsuch)
God desires that through us the ones who do not know him will be convinced – Sunday Adelaja
God desires that through us the ones who do not know him will be convinced – Sunday Adelaja
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First let her think she’s having her way. And second let her have it
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First let her think she’s having her way. And second let her have it (Lyndon Johnson)
To make a simple change of a typeface can instantly transform text which had the appearance and tone of a joyous announcement to suddenly convey that of a somber tragedy
To make a simple change of a typeface can instantly transform text which had the appearance and tone of a joyous announcement to suddenly convey that of a somber tragedy (Paul Babicki, Netiquette IQ: A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email)
And I am revealed for exactly what I am – a particularly stupid fish, moving from hook to hook, never learning my lesson
And I am revealed for exactly what I am – a particularly stupid fish, moving from hook to hook, never learning my lesson. (Victoria Aveyard)
Letter writing can be seen as a gift because someone has taken his/her time to write and think and express love
Letter writing can be seen as a gift because someone has taken his/her time to write and think and express love (Soraya Diase Coffelt)
Whatever doesn’t destroy you, makes you stronger. Hardships have a way of toughening us, if they don’t kill us
Whatever doesn’t destroy you, makes you stronger. Hardships have a way of toughening us, if they don’t kill us (V.C. Andrews, Pearl in the Mist)