"What we already know frames what we see, and what we see frames what we understand."

#Insight Quotes

“Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time, and not be discouraged at the rests. If we say sadly to ourselves, "There is no music in a rest," let us not forget " there is the making of music in it." The making of music is often a slow and painful process in this life. How patiently God works to teach us! How long He waits for us to learn the lesson!”
“Lesson number one in trying to develop the ability of independent thought: Understand that EVERYTHING the government says has the potential to be lies and deception. You can believe it's the truth only after you question, exhaust every avenue, and find that their story checks out. If you're a patriot, it's your duty to always question your government anyway, at every turn. A patriot is loyal to his country and his countrymen, not his government.”
“There are some troubles from which mankind can never escape .... have never claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that follow from authority .... As a choice of blessings, liberty is the greater; as a choice of evils, liberty is the smaller. Then liberty always says the Anarchist. No use of force except against the invader....”
“In Phil's case, I was personally thrilled he came back, because I think it's huge for the league. When you think about what he's done and how many championships he's won, there's always drama when he comes back in.”
“Everything has positive and negative consequences.”

Source : "A Serious Farrah Fawcett Takes Control In 'extremities'" by Stephen Farber, www.nytimes.com. 1986.
“Break my face, my back, my arms, my neck. But please don't break my heart.”
“Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.”
“Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.”

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