"Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer."

-- Horace

#Procrastination Quotes #Eye Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.”
“The different policies reduce damages by only a modest amount. Indeed, one of the surprises is how little the policies affect the damages from global warming. The reasons are that, because there is so much inertia in the climate system and because the Protocol reduced the global temperature increase by only a fraction of a degree over the next century.”
“Not everyone can see things the way you see it, so let go. You can't see everything the way they see it either, so let go again.”
“Two things you need to know about taxes. They've extended the deadline to April 18, and when you write your check, just make it out to China.”
“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone.”
“Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a huge winery. Iceland was a farming community. As some of the glaciers retreated they found villages that were covered with ice.”
“I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business. I said: "Yeah, show up.”
“Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory”

Source : Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “Thirteenth Child”, p.96, Scholastic Inc.

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