"How would you feel, if the day that you were born, somebody else had already planned the day of your execution?"

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Source : "Full Transcript: Gary Yourofsky on Animal Rights and Veganism at Georgia Tech 2010 (Q&A Included)". singjupost.com. 2010.

Gary Yourofsky

#Execution Quotes #Born Quotes #Feels Quotes

“God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on Christ for strength each day. The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away. To live with your â€˜thornâ€™ uncomplainingly â€” that is, sweet, patient, and free in heart to love and help others, even though every day you feel weak â€” is true sanctification. It is true healing for the spirit. It is a supreme victory of grace.”
“Why do you need street smarts? Shrewdness? Toughness? It's to protect something soft that is going to be in danger if it's exposed at the wrong time and place. It's to protect a soul. But to protect your soul, you have to have one to start with.”
“Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world,”

Source : Dana Gioia's commencement address at Stanford University, news.stanford.edu. June 17, 2007.
“Honor is the only really good disguise for an occasional act of dishonor.”
“The manufacturing of most goods harms the environment in one way or another. The culprit is not the factory, but it is we who buy what it produces. Therefore we should think carefully about items we purchase.”
“I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.”
“You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most magicians do, but that's not what I'm about. With 'Mindfreak' on television and 'Believe' live, I want to bring things that people have never seen before. That process is very difficult. It's very challenging, and you never know how long it's going to take - months or years.”
“An older child, one who possesses a conscience, will be troubled with self-reproaches and feelings of shame for his naughtiness, even if he is not discovered. But our two-year-olds and our three-year- olds experience guilt feelings only when they feel or anticipate disapproval from the outside. In doing this, they have taken the first steps toward the goal of conscience, but there is a long way ahead before the policeman outside becomes the policeman inside.”

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