"Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship."

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Source : "Anarchism Is Not Enough". Book by Laura Riding. Chapter: "The Myth", 1928.

Laura Riding

#Running Quotes #Art Quotes #People Quotes

“It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.”
“To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.”
“There is no way of steering successfully between a failed situation and a failed self except by stopping and taking our bearings.”

Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.70, iUniverse
“It's a powerful thing to know that you are empowering someone to lift themselves out of poverty.”
“I don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man.”
“Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.”

Source : Lewis B. Smedes, Jeff Crosby (2007). “Days of Grace Through the Year”, p.237, InterVarsity Press
“Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.”
“The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has.”

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