"we like fixed rules because that ends thinking and we can rest. But there is no resting place down here."

-- Brenda Ueland

#Thinking Quotes #Ends Quotes #Fixed Quotes

“It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace.”
“There have always been people making music. On their porches, playing folk songs. Playing piano in quiet salons. You don't have to listen to every MySpace page, so what's the difference? It's just noise that you filter out.”
“The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.”

Source : "Civilization Held Together by Persuasion, Not Force". The Religion & Liberty Interview, acton.org. July 20, 2010.
“Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture.”
“It has been said that the essence of teaching is causing another to know. It may similarly be said that the essence of training is causing another to do. Teaching gives knowledge. Training gives skill. Teaching fills the mind. Training shapes the habits. Teaching brings to the child that which he did not have before. Training enables a child to make use of that which is already his possession.”

Source : Henry Clay Trumbull (1893). “Hints on Child-training”
“Sometimes what seems like surrender isn't surrender at all. It's about what's going on in our hearts. About seeing clearly the way life is and accepting it and being true to it, whatever the pain, because the pain of not being true to it is far, far greater.”
“That's the great thing about the 'Sin City' movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment.”
“The soreness I have is expected. I have total movement.”

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