"Far beneath the tainted foamThat frets above our peaceful home,We dream in joy and wake in loveNor know the rage that yells above."

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Source : John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, John Greenleaf Whittier (1832). “The Literary Remains of J.G.C. Brainard: With a Sketch of His Life”, p.136

John Gardiner Calkins Brainard

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“The tree can teach you forbearance and tolerance. It offers shade to all, irrespective of age, sex or religion, nationality or status. It helps with fruit and shade even to the foe who lays his axe on its trunk! The dog can teach you a lesson in Faith, Self-less service and the process of Dedication.”
“If there is a small rocket on top of a big one, and if the big one is jettisoned and the small one is ignited, then their speeds are added.”
“I would consider myself a perfectionist, yeah. I don't think that is always that helpful, either. Sometimes it's good to be a little more open-minded; you can overthink things when things are actually fine, and it's that moment that you lose it. Looking back, sometimes I've made mistakes from being a perfectionist.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Learning to explain phenomena such that one continues to be fascinated by the failure of one's explanations creates a continuing cycle of thinking, that is the crux of intelligence. It isn't that one person knows more than another, then. In as sense, it is important to know less than the next person, or at least to be certain of less, thus enabling more curiosity and less explaining away because one has again encountered a well-known phenomenon. The less you know the more you can find out about, and finding out for oneself is what intelligence is all about.”
“When you're focused at the task at hand and you believe in the man who is running for president and the man who is running for vice president, we just want it to be objective and fair.”
“I like to cover news when it happens, not five years later.”
“I believe in status symbols.”
“Did you find yourself?" "What?" said my sister. "Did you find yourself?" "She found me," I said.”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.234, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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