"Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars."

--

Source : Gwendolyn Brooks (1988). “Gottschalk and the grande tarantelle”, Third World Pr

Gwendolyn Brooks

#Teaching Quotes #Bars Quotes #Preference Quotes

“I want to encourage you to place yourself totally into God's hands and allow Him to be the Manager of your life.”
“What really bothers me, what gets me mad, is when people don't know the story, but then pretend like they know the story. That's what bothers me. That's what makes me mad.”

Source : Source: fallinginreversefansite.weebly.com
“You should strive to find happiness every day and not believe that it comes at the end of the journey.”
“Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.”
“Coupling doesn't always have to do with sex ... Two people holding each other up like flying buttresses. Two people depending on each other and babying each other and defending each other against the world outside. Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.”
“Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are.”
“Shamans can be defined as socially sanctioned practitioners who purport to voluntarily regulate their attention and awareness so as to access information not ordinarily available, using it to facilitate appropriate behavior and healthy development - as well as to alleviate stress and sickness - among members of their community and/or for the community as a whole.”
“Life is less than nothing without love.”

Source : Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.546

You may also like: