"God sometimes gives us what we want so we'll learn to trust Him to give us what we need."

-- Scott Hahn

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“The prejudice many photographers have against colour photography comes from not thinking of colour as form. You can say things with colour that can't be said in black and white... Those who say that colour will eventually replace black and white are talking nonsense. The two do not compete with each other. They are different means to different ends.”
“By translating their inner turmoil or understanding into art, artists challenge the accepted notions of reality and create new ones.”

Source : Wes Nisker (2012). “The Essential Crazy Wisdom”, p.111, Ten Speed Press
“The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward. [...] The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain.”
“They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to me in the past!”
“What I've found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you're blue in the face--they're never going to get it and they're never going to change. But every once in a while, you'll run into someone who is eager to listen, eager to learn, and willing to try new things. Those are the people we need to reach. We have a responsibility as parents, older people, teachers, people in the neighborhood to recognize that.”
“Our fantastic civilization has fallen out of touch with many aspects of nature, and with none more completely than with night.”

Source : Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.28, David R. Godine Publisher
“Nothing is more maddening than being questioned by the object of one's interest about the object of hers, should that object not be you.”
“Don't seek approval. This may be the toughest suggestion for you to follow -- and the most important. Whether you'te a teenager seeking approval from your peers, a middle-aged parent seeking the approval of your kids, or a man or woman seeking the approval of a partner, it all amounts to the same thing. You're giving your personal power away every time you seek validation from someone else for who you are.”

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