"To allow only the kind of art that the average man understands is the worst small-mindedness and the murder of mind and spirit. It is my conviction that the intellect can be certain that in doing what most disconcerts the crowd, in pursuing the most daring, unconventional advances and explorations, it will in some highly indirect fashion serve man - and in the long run, all men."

-- Thomas Mann

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“While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk.”
“Donald Trump actually won a lot of people. We've got to give the president-elect his due. He was a tractor beam for the disappointed. He said to the people who were disappointed with the president on Obamacare, "Come to me." He said to the people who were disappointed with trade, "Come to me." He said to the people who were disappointed with the Supreme Court, "Come to me." And he did run a campaign of bringing in the disappointed. And to the people who may be disappointed with their own lives and where they are. And they have a person to speak for them.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“Oh God they got you gun shy You know your skin's as cold as ice Your eyes are double filtered babe You're so afraid to be nice There's no way you're ready To let your defenses down Though I won't come on heavy There is a lesson that I've found.”
“Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe and transcends all boundaries.”
“There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or of some duty to be performed. All that takes place within us, around us, or through us, contains and conceals His divine action.”

Source : Jean-Pierre De Caussade (2007). “Abandonment to Divine Providence”, p.15, Cosimo, Inc.
“Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.”

Source : Wislawa Szymborska (2015). “View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems”, p.223, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.”
“Winners bring reality up to their vision. Losers bring their vision down to reality.”

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