"I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that childhood itself can lisp them."

-- Sophie Swetchine

#Simple Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrumâ€”what I called emotional sea levelâ€”is not happiness but rather contentment and the calm acceptance that is the goal of many kinds of spiritual practice.”
“Let me listen to me and not to them.”
“There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.”
“I hate darkness. Claude Monet once said that painting in general did not have light enough in it. I agree with him. We painters, however, can never reproduce sunlight as it really is. I can only approach the truth of it.”
“With gifts, you may gather your enemies about you. When giving nothing, even your own family will leave.”
“From wearable sensors to video game treatments, everyone seems to be looking to technology as the next wave of innovation for mental health care.”
“People know more about baseball players contracts than they do about the policies that govern the fate of our childrens lives in twenty years. Think about it. People used to say, the whole time I was growing up, Do you want to bring a child into this world? Thats pretty dire.”
“I think it's that much harder to make a good comedy than it is straight and apparently serious.”

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