"How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions?"

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Source : "This is a clash of civilisations - between reason and superstition" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2006.

Polly Toynbee

#Art Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Culture Quotes

“Make sure you surround yourself with positive people that will support you and push you forward and won't drag you down or get in your way.”
“To be honest, I don't really consider myself a prodigy. Learning the piano, I have encountered some difficulties. There are many challenges in playing and I've grown frustrated at times... But because I like to play the piano, I never thought of giving up. I was always able to overcome difficulties in pianistic techniques. Yes, there might be some 'traffic lights', but they all turned 'green'.”

Source : Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. January 26, 2012.
“You do not know what you can achieve until you try.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nick Vujicic from May 20, 2014
“Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a powerful effect.”
“Anxiety in children is originally nothing other than an expression of the fact they are feeling the loss of the person they love.”
“I love you, Ella May," I whisper, kissing her cheek. "And one day I want to be doing this exact same thing at our wedding.”
“If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! [It., Se a ciascun l'interno affanno Si leggesse in fronte scritto, Quanti mai, che invidia fanno, Ci farebbero pieta!].”
“I think too many people presume to read the divine Scriptures and fall into such terrors as this,' said Patricius sternly. 'Those who presume on their learning will learn, I trust, to listen to their priests for the true interpretations.' The Merlin smiled gently. 'I cannot join you in that wish, brother. I am dedicated to the belief that it is God's will that all men should strive for wisdom in themselves, not look to it from some other. Babes, perhaps, must have their food chewed for them by a nurse, but men may drink and eat of wisdom for themselves.”

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