"Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure."

-- Timothy Keller

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Calling Quotes

“All of a sudden I got a vision of Guernica - Pablo Picasso's painting, which is one of my all-time favorite paintings in the world. I remember reading that it was very controversial at the time - some people said even used the word "childlike drawing" - and all of a sudden I thought, "This is like Guernica in Los Angeles!" And then it all made sense to me. It was all the elements that are the Southland.”

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“Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.”
“There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there.”
“I have painted portraits that to me are almost photographic. I remember hesitating to show the paintings, they looked so real to me. But they have passed into the world as abstractions - no one seeing what they are.”
“I think sometimes you can grow up with faith, or if you're just the kind of animal who grabs onto it or doesn't grab onto it. I wasn't a big grabbing-onto-it kind of animal. I found my faith to be more about my belief, my spirituality, about nature.”
“I don't understand water and gravity.”
“The only thing worse than women are women who tell me I'm a misogynist.”
“You must ingratiate yourself with those who can help you. Flatter them to their faces. Praise them to others who will carry your words back to them.”

Source : Chin-Ning Chu (2010). “Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life”, p.182, Hachette UK

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