"Knowledge that takes you, not beyond yourself is far worse than ignorance."

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Source : "The politics of fiction". TED Talk, www.ted.com. July 2010.

Elif Safak

#Ignorance Quotes

“I understand that I'm not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that's happened to me, good and bad.”

Source : "Dwyane Wade Talks New Book, ‘A Father First,’ And What He Plans To Teach His Sons About Women" By Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.
“If I had children, I would be very selfish. I wouldn't be out doing things. But by not having kids, it makes me freer to travel the world and talk about things I feel are important.”
“Meditative prayer like that we experienced in the labyrinth resonates with hearts of emerging generations.”
“I was so happy when I found out I had been drafted by the Yankees. Growing up in Taiwan, I had heard so much about the Yankees but had never even seen them on TV.”
“Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).”
“I've never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring.”
“Cell phones, alas, have pretty much ruined train travel, which I used to love. I could read or even sketch notes for what I was working on.”
“God is constantly creating anew. And God also, invites us to be re-created and join the work of God as co-(re)creators. . . . Imagine the Kingdom of God as the creative process of God reengaging in all that we know and experience. . . . When we employ creativity to make this world better, we participate with God in the recreation of the world.”

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