"A good writer wants from us â€” or has no right to ask more than â€” intelligence, good faith and time."

-- John Jeremiah Sullivan

#Want Quotes #Good Faith Quotes

“You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.”
“Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. The power of magic should not be underestimated. It works, often in ways that are unexpected and difficult to control.”
“It is increasingly important to be open-minded.”
“Having a place in this society is far less important than creating a society in which one would want to have a place.”
“I thought you wanted food," she gasped. "I do," he murmured, tugging on the bodice of her dress. "But I want you more.”
“What a recovery of the wisdom of the Mother brings to all of us is the knowledge of inseparable connection with the entire creation and the wise, active love that is born from that knowledge.”

Source : Andrew Harvey (2012). “Radical Passion: Sacred Love and Wisdom in Action”, p.187, North Atlantic Books
“Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.”
“The more the concept of reason becomes emasculated, the more easily it lends itself to ideological manipulation and to propagation of even the most blatant lies. ... Subjective reason conforms to anything.”

Source : Max Horkheimer (2004). “EPZ Eclipse of Reason”, p.17, A&C Black

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