"Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in."

-- George Eliot

#Believe Quotes #Vacuums Quotes #Leisure Quotes

“The advice I would give would be to know that it's ok and natural to be nervous. The key is to rehearse, always be yourself and don't be afraid to not be perfect as we all make mistakes.”
“We linked handsâ€”my ex-boyfriend, my boyfriend, and my former friend-then-enemy-then friend and Iâ€”and walked through a door to see if maybe empty carbs were good for something after all.”
“See what the world looks like from orbit. Well, in that way, at least, there was profit to be had. Nobody could look down at the planet, green and blue, with no borders in evidence and no sign of human habitation, and not get his perspective forever altered.”
“The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance.”
“The story of your life is really the story of the relations between yourself and God.”

Source : Emmet Fox (2010). “Find and Use Your Inner Power”, p.21, Harper Collins
“There was once a fiddler who played so beauitully that everybody danced. A deaf man who could not hear the music considered them all insane. Those who are with Jesus in suffering hear this music to which other men are deaf. They dance and do not care if they are considered insane.”
“They've got plastic Christmas trees now. They're hard to tell from the real aluminum ones.”
“You can't solve many of today's problems by straight linear thinking. It takes leaps of faith to sense the connections that are not necessarily obvious.”

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