"You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say."

“The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c'est l homme, what is likely to happen if l homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual?”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1922). “Streaks of life”

“I do believe that we all have these stories inside of us, these scars that we compulsive worry as we do wounds, and that drive for redemption, to change the story or resolve it, governs a lot of what we do in love. We are irresistibly drawn to opportunities to reenact those traumas out of a desire to heal, not to punish ourselves.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“True abundance isn't based on our net worth, it's based on our self-worth.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 13, 2012

“We have believed for many years, much earlier than anyone else was talking about this issue, that it was in the interest of China to evolve to a more flexible exchange rate system.”

“If we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties and affairs. In this way, we accept a spiritual life by means of our moral and civic life; and there is no other way a spiritual life can be formed within us, no other way our spirits can be prepared for heaven. This is because living an inner life and not an outer life at the same time is like living in a house that has no foundation, that gradually either settles or develops gaping cracks or totters until it collapses.”

Source : Emanuel Swedenborg (2000). “Heaven and Hell”, Chrysalis Books

“Pumps on and them little mini skirts is up. I see some good girls, Imma turn em out.”

“Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're doing a publicity show. We're becoming symbols.”

“Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses”