"We attempt to define a person, the most commonplace person we know, but he will not submit to bounds; some unexpected beauty of nature breaks out; we find he is not what we thought, and begin to suspect that every person exceeds our power of measurement."

-- Charlotte Mason

#Measurement Quotes #Unexpected Quotes #Nature Beauty Quotes

“Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.”
“I think we are a product of all our experiences.”
“Know that Truth sees through bullshit. So if you can't handle looking at Truth, you must be a Devil's culprit.”
“And as he drove on, the rainclouds dragged down the sky after him, for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him, and to water him.”
“History shows us that the people who end up changing the world - the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries - are always nuts, until they are right, and then they are geniuses.”

Source : John Eliot (2006). “Overachievement: The New Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, Portfolio (Hardcover)
“People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.”
“Like people, plants respond to extra attention.”
“Our identity is fictional, written by parents, relatives, education, society.”

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