"I can conceive of no reason for all this administration of the higher to the lower, unless it be for the purpose of advancing our Father's children along the lines of eternal progression."

-- B. H. Roberts

#Children Quotes #Father Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Once upon a time humans faced each other and pulled thoughts from minds, advanced rapidly, revolutionised industry and evolved explosively. Then one day they stopped, and stared at a box. They grew fat and awkward in public, stopped expressing emotions and couldn't figure out how to reverse it: they reinvented themselves from Emperors back into prawns, because someone turned the TV on.”
“I believe in books. I believe more in cross-media - how characters are adapting across mediums.”
“Globalization by the way of McDonaldâ€™s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.”

Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.178, Simon and Schuster
“Infidels: Repent of Mohammedanism or burn in hell forever, throughout eternity.”
“We may train ourselves to be adaptable as possible, to respond appropriately in each situation, but the ideal of controlling the outcome or steering events as they occur must be relinquished. Chaos rules it all.”

Source : Mark Twight (2002). “Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber”, p.47, The Mountaineers Books
“The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties.”
“My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.”
“Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market. It may well have vanished by the time your book's ready.”

Source : FaceBook post by Hilary Mantel from Mar 08, 2014

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