"The highest genius never flowers in satire, but culminates in sympathy with that which is best in human nature, and appeals to it."

-- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#Flower Quotes #Genius Quotes #Human Nature Quotes

“Prophetic utterance, like poetic utterance, transforms experience and moves the receiver to new attitudes. The kinds of experience--the recognitions or revelations--out of which both prophecy and poetry emerge, are such as to stir the prophet or poet to speech that may exceed their own known capacities; they are "inspired," they breathe in revelation and breathe out new words; and by so doing they transfer over to the listener or reader a parallel experience, a parallel intensity, which impels that person into new attitudes and new actions.”
“Inspiration comes unawares, from unaccountable sources that have nothing to do with planning or intelligence. Let it cool ever so slightly, and you are left, pen or brush in hand, with no inspiration at all. Gifted people need not, therefore, make a song and dance about being or supposing themselves superior. They simply happened to be born with that fortunate, subconscious equipment of theirs, and the mystery exists independently of intelligence or ambition.”
“Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.”

Source : "Right Time, Right Place, Right Move, Right Now!". Book by Perry W. Buffington, Section I : Life, 1992.
“Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same respect I'd like to be shown.”

Source : Malorie Blackman (2007). “Knife Edge”, p.124, Simon and Schuster
“Fear is stronger than love”
“Every boo on the road is a cheer.”
“There are riches to be found simply by capturing the value released through others' disruptive breakthroughs.”
“When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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