"It is always easier to take the words of a Jesus, a Gandhi, a Marx, or a Confucius as constituting Holy Writ. This involves less reading, less study, less thought, less conflict, and less independent searching, but it also means less growth toward maturity."

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Source : William Coperthwaite, John Saltmarsh (2007). “A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity”, p.13, Chelsea Green Publishing

William Coperthwaite

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“We had convinced ourselves that conditions wouldn't be right for seeing spokes on the lit side of the rings until about 2007, ... But this finding seems to be telling us that conditions on the dark side of the rings are almost as good right now for seeing spokes.”
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”

Source : Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2010). “The Last Lecture: Lessons in Living”, Hodder Paperbacks
“Human beings are wired to care and give and it's probably our best route to happiness.”
“Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science”
“If the Almighty directs our steps, we've no need to look back over our shoulders.”

Source : Liz Curtis Higgs (2010). “Here Burns My Candle: A Novel”, p.439, WaterBrook
“It is not unnatural nor should it overly concern you that you feel the need for a change. The mistake most people make when they begin to feel this way is to ignore the voice that is telling them to stop and listen.”

Source : Bob Buford (1994). “Halftime: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance”, p.65, Zondervan
“It is all up to us. We are the ones who have to keep looking at our thoughts, looking for the nature of our mind. there is nobody else in control of our lives, our experiences, our freedom or our bondage.”
“I have a really, really difficult time with dramaturgy sometimes in America, because I write about other cultures. I write about a culture that is very difficult, it is very foreign to a North American. A lot of people don't know about what's happening.”

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