"We often imagine that the court serves as a sort of neutral umpire controlling the warring political branches. But this is mostly myth. The justices of the Supreme Court are themselves actors in the struggle for power, and when they intervene, they think carefully about how their decisions will affect the courts own legitimacy and authority."

-- Noah Feldman

#Struggle Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Umpires Quotes

“Tell that to the BTK killer,â€ I said. â€œHe was a churchgoer, raised two kids, married, and resisted the urge to kill for decades. He was a person, but he was a monster, too”
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
“war has dug itself into economic systems, where it offers a livelihood to millions ... It has lodged in our souls as a kind of religion, a quick tonic for political malaise and a bracing antidote to the moral torpor of consumerist, market-driven cultures.”
“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime.”
“I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.”
“The power of intention is the power to manifest, to create, to live a life of unlimited abundance, and to attract into your life the right people at the right moments.”
“I still don't have all the answers. I'm more interested in what I can do next than what I did last.”
“I need not print a line, nor conjure with the painter's tools to prove myself an artist ... Whilst in other spheres of labor the greater part of our life's toil and moil will of a surety end, as the wise man predicted, in vanity and vexation of spirit, here is instant physical refreshment in the work the garden entails, and, in the end, our labor will be crowned with flowers.”

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