"One of the most productive things that we ever do in our lives is to think. To be able to think is to be able to decide, to judge, to have opinions and convictions, and to entertain a point of view. To be able to think is to be able to love, to believe, to work, to originate, and to organize."

-- Sterling W Sill

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“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.”
“I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible.”

Source : Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.
“There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.”

Source : Mary Wortley Montagu (2015). “Letters”, p.642, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
“There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.”
“Art does not, like science, set forth a permanent order of nature, the enduring skeleton of law. Two factors primarily determine its works: one is the idea in the mind of the artist, the other is his power of expression; and both these factors are extremely variable.”

Source : George Edward Woodberry (1914). “Two Phases of Criticism, Historical and Aesthetic: Lectures Delivered on the Larwill Foundation of Kenyon College, May Seventh and Eighth, 1913”
“I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to get acquainted with fish swimming in the ocean, rather than just swimming with lemon slices and butter.”
“Great is the height I just scale, but the prospect of glory gives me strength.”
“The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.”

Source : "Os Guinness Calls for a New Christian Renaissance". Interview with Ginny Mooney, www.christianpost.com. June 18, 2011.

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