"Never did I think that the university was properly ministerial to the society around it. Rather I thought and think that society is ministerial to the university, and I bless a society that tolerates and supports an eternal childhood for some, a childhood whose playfulness can in turn be a blessing to society."

-- Allan Bloom

#Thinking Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear, A cold, sweet, silver life, wrapped in round waves...”
“I love creative people.”
“Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

Source : Guy Kawasaki (2015). “The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything”, p.116, Penguin
“A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden-beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them.”

Source : Emile Durkheim, Steven Lukes (2014). “The Rules of Sociological Method: And Selected Texts on Sociology and Its Method”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
“Itâ€™s just â€¦ everything. There are too many people. And I donâ€™t fit in. I donâ€™t know how to be. Nothing that Iâ€™m good at is the sort of thing that matters there. Being smart doesnâ€™t matterâ€”and being good with words. And when those things do matter, itâ€™s only because people want something from me. Not because they want me.”
“I am humble enough to recognize that I have made mistakes, but politically astute enough to know that I have forgotten what they are.”
“On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled House voted mostly along party lines tonight to pass President Bush's federal budget blueprint. This includes his big tax cut plan, partly bankrolled, critics say, through cuts in many federal aid programs for children and education.”
“Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.”

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