"Nothing is menial where there is love."

-- Pearl S. Buck

“My best advice to individual investors can readily be summed up into two closely linked precepts. Be patient and don't be greedy.”
“The act of learning itself is no longer seen as simply a matter of information transfer, but rather as a process of dynamic participation, in which students cultivate new ways of thinking and doing, through active discovery and discussion, experimentation and reflection.”
“For the record, knowing when people are only pretending to like you isn't such a great skill to have.”
“I guess thatâ€™s all forever is...Just one long trail of nows. And I guess all you can do is try and live one now at a time without getting too worked up about the last now or the next now.”
“To suffer one's confusion is the first step in healing.”
“The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer.”
“I am a jumble of passions, misgivings, and wants. It seems that I am always in a state of wishing and rarely in a state of contentment.”
“Creating art and creating ourselves are the same act; art, world, ourselves - these are continuous with one another.”

Source : Deena Metzger (2009). “Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Jou”, p.8, Harper Collins

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