"A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task."

-- Randy Pausch

#Family Quotes #Dream Quotes #Jobs Quotes

“Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase.”

Source : "Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology".
“Play enables us to rearrange our capacities and our very identity so that they can be used in unforeseen ways”

Source : Stephen Nachmanovitch (1991). “Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art”, p.43, Penguin
“I really suggest the Pendragon series to all readers unless you are afraid of gore!”
“Mine was not an Enlightened mind, I now was aware: it was a Gothic mind, medieval in its temper and structure. I did not love cold harmony and perfect regularity of organization; what I sought was variety, mystery, tradition, the venerable, the awful.”
“Sohn means "son" in German. I loved the idea of the word, because it's short and it was also important for me to have an "o" sound in my name. I like the idea of being the son of yourself - a bit of a rebirth, in a way. Also, I love the fact that it's such a blank word.”
“At Rochester, I came with the same emotions as many of the entering freshman: everything was new, exciting and a bit overwhelming, but at least nobody had heard of my brothers and cousins.”
“There`s a good sense of fun and lack of sarcasm in the Texans, maybe a little earnestness which is kind of why I found it quite Australian.”
“From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.”

Source : Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft (1913). “Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz”, Putnam Juvenile

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