#Fall Quotes #Past Quotes #Ego Quotes
“Compare the emotional vocabulary available to a leader (confidence, satisfaction, indignation) with the emotions not permitted (regret, embarrassment, dread, angst, mortification, anger, surprise, wonder, doubt), and it becomes apparent why perfectly normal people, upon entering public life, transform into cartoons - because they are not free to express what a normal person would feel in their situation.”
“Ninety percent of what youre saying isnt coming out of your mouth.”
“It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.”
“We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and stop ice ages, and we can't experiment with designing and evolving dinosaurs.”
“We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts.”
“When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.”
“Do we really need school? I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week, nine months a year, for twelve years. Is this deadly routine really necessary? And if so, for what? Don't hide behind reading, writing, and arithmetic as a rationale, because 2 million happy homeschoolers have surely put that banal justification to rest.”
“It's good to let God pick a man for you. We don't do so well when we pick them ourselves. They end up lipsticks in a drawer, all those wrong colors you thought looked so good in the package.”
Dallas Willard Philosopher
Francis of Assisi Saint
Henri Nouwen Priest
Huston Smith Professor
Marcus Borg Scholar
Rob Bell Author
Ronald Rolheiser
Thomas Keating
Thomas Merton Writer