"The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South."

-- James Weldon Johnson

#Farewell Quotes #Atlanta Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.”
“Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 31, 2011
“It is our very search, our lust for the miraculous and magical, that hides from us the truth that simply to be, simply to know I am, is already the miracle that we seek. Everything, as it is, is perfect, but you must stop seeing it as if in a mirror, as if in a dream.”
“I was brought in by the White House as GM's chairman in 2009, around the time of the bankruptcy, and became CEO later that year. As a company, we were grateful for the government's support. But as GM's financial health began to improve, I could detect no real sense of urgency, or even interest, on the part of the government to relinquish control.”
“It was probably a mistake to pursue happiness; much better to create happiness; still better to create happiness for others. The more happiness you created for others the more would be yours-a solid satisfaction that no one could ever take away from you.”
“Hatred and sorrow are power. They are yours to control. All you have to do is turn them into strength, and use that strength to move forward.”
“Patriotism is the opposite of selfish individualism.”

Source : David Ehrenfeld (2008). “Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology”, p.245, Oxford University Press
“Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life.”

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