"Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence"

-- John Taylor Gatto

#Children Quotes #Independence Quotes #Labels Quotes

“She was the light of our lives, our anchor, compass and vision.”
“See things that you want as already yours. Know that they will come to you at need. Then let them come. Don't fret and worry about them. Don't think about your lack of them. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.”

Source : Robert Collier (2013). “The Secret of the Ages”, p.84, Courier Corporation
“I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport - would never do it and don't like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it's fine.”
“I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes.”
“The church has long used the concept of sacraments--outward signs of inward grace--to name the spaces where God meets us in an especially present way. For many Christians, however, that language seems abstract, even (sadly) foreign. Dean Nelson lovingly explores those spaces of encountering God; his luminous book has helped me see anew the sacred in the ordinary. I am grateful.”
“The worst service, I fancy, that anyone can do for truth, is to set silly people writing on its behalf.”
“The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.”
“Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.”

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