"Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."

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Source : West Virginia State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette (1943)

Robert H. Jackson

#Freedom Quotes #Heart Quotes #Order Quotes

“Sometimes the happiest ending isn't the one you keep longing for, but something you absolutely cannot see from where you are”
“I was not wrong. I was just misinformed.”
“Fiction ought to announce the problems, dramatize the problems, display them. Yet offer no set answer. An answer would solve the mystery. Writing fiction, for me, is about putting on paper my obsessive interest in something mysterious. I may figure out the source of the mystery, the things that brought some action or image to my mind, but to make an equation of it would ruin the story.”

Source : "Until It Isn’t". Interview with Giuseppe Taurino, americanshortfiction.org. July 15, 2014.
“Love was a dance floor where everyone you loved left a mark behind.”
“You've been holding a machete waiting to cut your way through and into the place called Future. You have waited and waited and now this knife has grown dull. But now I am sending angelic hosts to sharpen your weapon and assist in cutting you through. Your tongue has even grown powerless in this last season because your faith and hope have been deferred. But this is NOW! I will put MY Word in your mouth. You will speak with a new vigor. I AM sharpening your tongue. Get ready, for all things are being sharpened. Get ready, for you will now cut and your way will open up.”

Source : "Chuck Pierce and Keith Miller: 'All Things are Being Sharpened!' AND 'Blaze Miracle Paths Everywhere You Go!'". www.elijahlist.com. May 8, 2010.
“You see me in my most virile moment when you see me doing what I do. When I am directing, a special energy comes upon me. ... It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive. It is like having sex.”
“Since hate poisons the soul, don't cherish enmities or grudges: avoid people who make you unhappy.”
“Memphisâ€”itâ€™s just a bird. Birds fly around, brother. Itâ€™s what they do. Itâ€™s not following you, and itâ€™s not a sign. Unless you really did give it candy and flowers, in which case you are one strange brother.”

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