"In order for us to truly create and contribute to the world, we have to be able to connect countless dots, to cross-pollinate ideas from a wealth of disciplines, to combine and recombine these pieces and build new castles."

-- Maria Popova

#Order Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?”
“Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men - above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.”
“Awakening is about liberating yourself from the prison that is the world of the mind and daring to be here as all that you are.”
“Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body.”

Source : Johann Arndt (1868). “True Christianity: A Treatise on Sincere Repentance, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc”, p.51
“Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the Federal Government, as they have in every civilized country”
“I am entirely motivated without anger. The truth sets us free, and freedom acts.”
“It's my nature to go around in high spirits most of the time and then to collapse.”

Source : "Haywire". Book by Brooke Hayward. Jonathan Cape Ltd., p. 215., 1977.
“I'm the oldest I've ever been, right now.”

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