"I could tell you that when you have trouble making up your mind about something, tell yourself you'll settle it by flipping a coin. But don't go by how the coin flips; go by your emotional reaction to the coin flip. Are you happy or sad it came up heads or tails?"

-- David Brooks

#Graduation Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Mind Quotes

“People may go to the library looking mainly for information, but they find each other there.”

Source : Robert D. Putnam, Lewis Feldstein (2009). “Better Together: Restoring the American Community”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
“Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?' That's kind of how I'm starting to think.”
“Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere-come and get your share.”
“Actually, if you could see close in my eyes, the American flag is waving in both of them and up my spine is growing this red, white and blue stripe.”
“History is as much an art as a science.”
“We must remember when we speak of the "negativism" of the toddler that this is also the child who is intoxicated with the discoveries of the second year, a joyful child who is firmly bound to his parents and his new-found world through ties of love. The so-called negativism is one of the aspects of this development, but under ordinary circumstances it does not become anarchy. It's a kind of declaration of independence, but there is no intention to unseat the government.”
“Christ is the aperture through which the immensity and magnificence of God can be seen.”

Source : John Bertram Phillips (1964). “Your God is too small”, Scribner Paper Fiction

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