"Just because many modern academics are very secular does not mean that we should ignore those factors in earlier generations - and by that, I don't just mean five or six centuries ago."

-- Philip Jenkins

#Mean Quotes #Doe Quotes #Generations Quotes

“Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.”

Source : G. Stanley Hall (2013). “Adolescence - Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, and Religion (1931)”, p.165, Read Books Ltd
“Do not bother yourself with what ifs”
“Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a lot. The second thing is to write. And the third thing, which I think is absolutely vital, is to tell stories and listen closely to the stories you're being told.”
“A child in its greed for love does not enjoy having to share the affection of its parents with its brothers and sisters; and it notices that the whole of their affection is lavished upon it once more whenever it arouses their anxiety by falling ill. It has now discovered a means of enticing out its parents' love and will make use of that means as soon as it has the necessary psychical material at its disposal for producing an illness.”
“For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic.”

Source : "Talking Prayer With Shimon Peres at the Israeli Presidential Conference" by Eitan Press, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2012.
“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”
“The gulls who scorn perfection for the sake of travel go nowhere, slowly. Those who put aside travel for the sake of perfection go anywhere, instantly.”
“The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow - so arbitrary are these transient laws.”

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