"It takes an enormous amount of energy, creative energy withdrawn from the total economy of the person, to hold a trait underground, and, unfortunately, needs and drives do not go underground alone; they carry with them useful parts of the personality, depriving it of richness and the possibility of a variety of response."

-- Jo Coudert

#Personality Quotes #Creative Quotes #Energy Quotes

“You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.”
“At 19, I basically held the position that if you were intellectually honest and really wanted to get in touch with political reality then you had to smell tear-gas.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up--lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well.”
“Capitalism or market economy is that system of social cooperation and division of labor that is based on private ownership of the means of production.”
“When I post on Weibo, I try my best to post things that are aspirational and have a positive energy. I often think that maybe people who see my posts are still growing up and in a stage where they are choosing the kind of life they will have. If they see something good and that can influence them, this makes me think that Weibo can be a positive force for young people in China.”
“Who am I that I should urge these missionaries to confess their sins in public, when, for all I know, they may be living nearer to God than I am? The Spirit of God does not need me to act as His detective.”

Source : Jonathan Goforth (0101). “"By my Spirit"”, p.8, Solid Christian Books
“Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating.”

Source : Norman Douglas (1932). “Paneros, Some Words on Aphrodisiacs and the Like”
“Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world.”

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