"Relief work does not consist entirely in wearisome appeals ... it has its moments of enchantment, its adventures, its unexpected vistas into new worlds"

-- Eglantyne Jebb

#Adventure Quotes #Doe Quotes #Enchantment Quotes

“As the twentieth century began, science equaled a materialistic worldview. As the twenty-first century began, the worldview of science, at least of physics and astronomy, may have traded place with that of religion. Consider Einstein's famous equation E = mc2. Nothing of matter dies but continues on in another form, elsewhere. The church divines and theologians for two thousand years have devised arguments and "proofs" of immortality but nothing equal to this.”
“Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.”

Source : William Stafford (1998). “The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems”, Graywolf Press
“There exists a false aristocracy based on family name, property, and inherited wealth. But there likewise exists a true aristocracy based on intelligence, talent and virtue.”
“You can bet the rent money that whatever politicians do will end up harming consumers. ... Economic ignorance is to politicians what idle hands are to the devil. Both provide the workshop for the creation of evil.”
“And I realized that there's a big difference between deciding to leave and knowing where to go.”
“Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it. Not learning other people's ideas, or memorizing a body of information, however much those may sometimes be useful. Developing your own ideas. In short, thinking for yourself.”

Source : "Solitude and Leadership" by William Deresiewicz, theamericanscholar.org. March 1, 2010.
“I am deeply reminded that our lifeâ€™s journey is a gift, not a given, and that we can never truly know how long the journey will last. All we can do is decide how it unfolds.”
“I've been smoking ***** for 44 years now, and ... I think it's a tremendous blessing.”

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