"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."

-- James Reston, Jr.

#Hard Work Quotes #Instinct Quotes #Quaker Quotes

“To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth, that is not living but existing”
“This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough”

Source : Mary Hunter Austin, Marjorie Pryse (1987). “Stories from the Country of Lost Borders”, p.56, Rutgers University Press
“Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.”
“A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.”
“Things aren't always as they appear. I've been believing things to be a certain way because I want them to be that way. I build up illusions in my head.”
“The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation.”

Source : Josef Pieper (1989). “An Anthology”, p.42, Ignatius Press
“You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.”
“This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up to forget - the beatings, the selling, the killings, but I don't think I ever forgive the ignorance they kept us in.”

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