"Nothing the desert produces expresses it better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas"

-- Mary Hunter Austin

#Tree Quotes #Growth Quotes #Unhappy Quotes

“A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.”

Source : "To Live Forever". "Emphyrio" by Jack Vance, (Chapter XVI, section 3), 1956.
“Work is holy, sacred, and uplifting when it springs from who we are, when it bears a relationship to our unfolding journey.”

Source : Wayne Teasdale (2010). “A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life”, p.98, New World Library
“Take winter as you find him, and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow; with no nonsense in him, which is a great comfort in the long-run.”
“Weep not for little Leonie, abducted by a French Marquis. Though loss of honor was a wrench, just think how it's improved her French.”

Source : Harry Graham (1930). “More Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes”
“I wanted my dad to be proud of me, and I fell into acting because there wasn't anything else I could do, and in it I found a discipline that I wanted to keep coming back to, that I love and I learn about every day.”
“It seems to me that when we listen to the Muslim mystics as they talk about Jesus and their love for Jesus, I must say, itâ€™s a lot closer to New Testament Christianity than a lot of the Christians that I hear. In other words if we are looking for common ground, can we find it in mystical spirituality, even if we cannot theologically agree, Can we pray together in such a way that we connect with a God that transcends our theological differences?”
“I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.”
“Discovered check is the dive bomber of the Chessboard”

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