"Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting."

-- Henri Nouwen

#Waiting Quotes #Periods Quotes

“Let's create an integrated global community where we have shared benefits and responsibilities, and we don't fight because of our differences.”
“Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.”
“People are like birds - from a distance, beautiful: from close up, those sharp beaks, those beady little eyes.”
“A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.”
“In the world we live in, what we know and what we don't know are like Siamese twins, inseparable, existing in a state of confusion.”
“No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!”
“Sometimes I apologize. It started that way and we never did change it.”

Source : "Douglas Engelbart Dies At 88, Invented Computer Mouse". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, Laura Sydell, www.npr.org. July 4, 2013.
“The journey to a different future must begin by defining the problem differently than we have done until now. . The task is not to find substitutes for chemicals that disrupt hormones, attack the ozone layer, or cause still undiscovered problems, though it may be necessary to use replacements as a temporary measure. The task that confronts us over the next half century is one of redesign.”

You may also like:

Anthony de Mello
Writer
Brennan Manning
Author
Dallas Willard
Philosopher
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Pastor
Dorothy Day
Journalist
Eugene H. Peterson
Author
Jean Vanier
Philosopher
Richard J. Foster
Author
Thomas Merton
Writer