"Is the economy going to collapse if we continue down this road? Yes. Should Americans be self-reliant? Yes. Absolutely. ... I think loving our neighbors is being prepared to give them food. Loving our neighbors is being prepared to protect them."

-- Matt Shea

#Inspiring Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.”
“The universe evolves in consciousness of itself and causes itself to be. We are just this blessed consciousness, nothing more and nothing less. We are the light inside light that fuses into the atoms of our bodies; we are the fire that whirls across the stellar deeps and dances all things into being.”
“Compassion is all inclusive. Compassion knows no boundaries. Compassion comes with awareness, and awareness breaks all narrow territories.”
“The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city's greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares.”
“Though our private desires are ever so confused, though our private requests are ever so broken, and though our private groanings are ever so hidden from men, yet God eyes them, records them, and puts them upon the file of heaven, and will one day crown them with glorious answers and returns.”
“Hence the vogue for double majors. It isnâ€™t enough anymore to take a bunch of electives in addition to your primary focus, to roam freely across the academic fields, making serendipitous connections and discoveries, the way that American higher education was designed (uniquely, among the worldâ€™s systems) to allow you to do.”

Source : William Deresiewicz (2015). “Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life”, p.16, Simon and Schuster
“I shouldn't have done that," I said. That was when I kissed him again. May God forgive me for this and all these things I've done.”
“If you need to talk about your childhood, youâ€™re safe with me. If you need to break into a million pieces, Iâ€™m right here, Lev. Iâ€™ll find them all, Iâ€™m good at details, and Iâ€™ll put you back together. Youâ€™re safe here.”

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