"Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes."

-- Tom Robbins

#Sweet Quotes #Keys Quotes #Water Quotes

“If you want change, create the causes.”
“If a sudden jar can cause me to speak an impatient, unloving word, then I know nothing of Calvary love. For a cup brimful of sweet water cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, however suddenly jolted.”

Source : Amy Carmichael (2003). “If: What do I Know of Calvary Love?”, p.35, CLC Publications
“No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses.”

Source : Edward Livingston (2010). “A System of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana”, p.10, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
“Improve your spare moments and they will become the brightest gems in your life.”
“It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. . . . The Indians in their simplicity literally give away all that they haveâ€”to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom they can hope for no return.”
“Luck is a combination of confidence and getting the breaks.”

Source : Christy Mathewson, John Neville Wheeler (1994). “Pitching in a Pinch, Or, Baseball from the Inside”, p.233, U of Nebraska Press
“The scientific excitement in comparing theory with data, and developing some understanding of global changes that are occurring, is what makes all the other stuff worth it.”
“What does it matter, if we tell the same old stories? ...Stories tell us who we are. What weâ€™re capable of. When we go out looking for stories we are, I think, in many ways going in search of ourselves, trying to find understanding of our lives, and the people around us. Stories, and language tell us whatâ€™s important.”

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