"The stronghold of the contemplation of Christ's glory affords the soul rest, for it will be made evident that our troubles grow on the root of an over-valuation of temporal things. The mind is its own greatest troubler."

-- John Owen

#Roots Quotes #Soul Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents-the talks, the games, the family activities and the arguments through which much of the child's learning takes place and his character is formed.”

Source : Urie BRONFENBRENNER (1979). “The Ecology of Human Development”, p.242, Harvard University Press
“Given lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for the United States, he found his patron in Nelson Rockefeller instead of William Paley.”
“Optimisn is a choice. Cynicism isnt smarter - it's just safer.”
“Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.”
“The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.”
“I have learnt not to make plans in life, because a lot of time you make a plan that is not going to work for you”
“I think people should go their own ways.”

Source : Interview with Alireza Fadaie, bleacherreport.com. February 25, 2010.
“There are all kinds of under-represented groups in the literary establishment.”

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