"The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable."

-- Anatole Broyard

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Talking Quotes

“Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass”
“Being generous without keeping score strengthens your spirit, keeps you focused on the people who make your business what it is, and helps breed success.”

Source : FaceBook post by Brandon Steiner from Jun 20, 2016
“Within the university... you can study without waiting for any efficient or immediate result. You may search, just for the sake of searching, and try for the sake of trying. So there is a possibility of what I would call playing. It's perhaps the only place within society where play is possible to such an extent.”
“Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work. Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons. Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.”

Source : Watchman Nee (1993). “The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee”, p.66, Christian Fellowship Publishers
“I don’t know of a better argument in favor of farming with horses than trying to start an old tractor in the winter time.”
“The situation in Iraq will be long, it will be expensive and it will be difficult. But in the end, Iraq will very much be worth it.”
“I've worked so hard to just be my full self and God has just validated me in so many ways.”

Source : Source: www.ebony.com
“The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.”

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