"Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls."

-- Rumi

#Spiritual Quotes #Courage Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Reason, you'll always be half-blind.”

Source : Marguerite Porete, Ellen L. Babinsky (1993). “The Mirror of Simple Souls”, p.1, Paulist Press
“Are you crazy?" I said. "Crazy about you." "Patch!" "Don't worry, we've got time." "How do you know?" He staggered back a step, with his hand over his heart. "Your lack of faith hurts.”

Source : Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.538, Simon and Schuster
“Individuals possessing moderate-sized brains easily find their proper sphere, and enjoy in it scope for all their energy. In ordinary circumstances they distinguish themselves, but they sink when difficulties accumulate around them. Persons with large brains, on the other hand, do not readily attain their appropriate place; common occurrences do not rouse or call them forth.”

Source : George Combe (1830). “A System of Phrenology”, p.106
“There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.”
“Oh, be assured fellow teachers, that there is no time in life so favorable to sound conversion as early childhood.”
“The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides.”

Source : Bill Courtney (2014). “Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love”, p.63, Weinstein Publishing
“Some sculptors make drawings, I make heads.”
“Kitsch lends itself to a definition in terms of a systematic attempt to fly from daily reality: in time and in space.”

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