"The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories."

-- Mary Catherine Bateson

#Inspirational Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things?”
“Remember this. We are always looking for problems to solve, and to solve problems we need to be ready for clues. And you will never be in the receiving frame of mind if you â€“ never â€“ shut - up!”
“[Kierkegaard] did not care for large public events because every crowd is in itself an untruth. The only way out is isolation, aloofness. Only the individual is a reality and only the individual is true. Maybe the process of isolation in an individual is one of the most important matters that exists. Is not the whole point of this world for people to separate and become individuals?”
“Human life must always be defended from its beginning in the womb and must be recognised as a gift of God that guarantees the future of humanity.”
“The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work.”
“I'm singing from my heart now more than ever. I've gotten a lot braver with my writing.”
“Please don't think me negligent or rude. I am both, in effect, of course, but please don't think me either.”
“I have been nothing, but there is tomorrow.”

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