"[Wise men] have tried to understand our state of being, by grasping at its stars, or its arts, or its economics. But, if there is an underlying oneness of all things, it does not matter where we begin, whether with stars, or laws of supply and demand, or frogs, or Napoleon Bonaparte. One measures a circle, beginning anywhere."

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Source : Charles Fort (2014). “LO!”, p.5, Lulu.com

Charles Fort

#Wise Quotes #Art Quotes #Stars Quotes

“I would say the flip side to my fascination with systems is a fascination with components. So many of my books are dialogues between little and big.”
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them.”
“What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.”
“Kids are natural scientists.”
“From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task of all educators. It is the genius of the student that is the driving force behind all learning. Before educators take on any of the other important issues in learning, they must first have a thorough understanding of what lies at the core of each student's intrinsic motivation to learn, and that motivation originates in each student's genius.”
“A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.”
“Really showing love requires more than just words.”
“People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they're going to want to do business with you. And if they don't you're going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.”

Source : FaceBook post by Barbara Corcoran from Jan 29, 2017

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