"Truth is quite beyond the reach of satire. There is so brave a simplicity in her that she can no more be made ridiculous than an oak or a pine."

-- James Russell Lowell

#Simplicity Quotes #Brave Quotes #Ridiculous Quotes

“Walking is great to be used as an exercise program.”
“Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing.”
“I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you first start.”
“Every problem must find it's owner before we can ever offer a solution”

Source : Danny Silk (2009). “Loving Our Kids on Purpose”, p.110, Destiny Image Publishers
“When you talk about aiding this country against that country or about fighting terrorism, when you actually take that decision and strip it down, it always comes down to one person in the field giving specialized training to somebody else in the field.”
“Confidence is only born out of one thing Â demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.”
“Your pain could be God prying open your life and heart to remove a gift of His that you've been on to more dearly than Him.”
“A poem is a finished work of the mind, it is not the work of a finished mind.”

Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.222, Wave Books

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