"Kind words cost no more than unkind ones . . . and we may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindliness around us at so little expense. If you would fall into any extreme let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists vigor and yields to softness."

-- Jeremy Bentham

#Fall Quotes #Yield Quotes #Mind Quotes

“It was necessary to have an even depth of corn on the top compared to the sides, so the air would not take the easiest route and not evenly dry the stored corn.”
“There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it.”
“Literature is a vast bazaar where customers come to purchase everything except mirrors.”

Source : James Branch Cabell (2013). “The Essential James Branch Cabell Collection”, p.176, eBookIt.com
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”
“I've never been intimidated to write music, to minister through leading worship, preaching or teaching, or even writing a book or acting. Who knows what God will put before me? Regardless, my heart is settled and content doing what I love to do above all things.”
“You have to believe you're great. You have to have an air about you. My success wasn't because I was a great talent, but because I wanted it more than anybody else. Every minute I step on that field, I want to prove I'm the best player in the league.”
“Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual knowledge in the soul.”
“I want to use things I learn about writing in my acting, and vice versa.”

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