"The disciples found angels at the grave of Him they loved; and we should always find them too, but that our eyes are too full of tears for seeing."

-- Henry Ward Beecher

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“When a child is born the mother also is born again.”

Source : Gilbert Parker (1913). “The lane that had no turning and other associated tales concerning the people of Pontiac. Parables of a province”
“I should say tact was worth much more than wealth as a road to leadership.... I mean that subtle apprehension which teaches a person how to do and say the right thing at the right time. It coexists with very ordinary qualities, and yet many great geniuses are without it. Of all human qualities I consider it the most convenient--not always the highest; yet I would rather have it than many more shining qualities.”
“I had the perfect accident for the perfect idea. I was rendered immobile where the only thing I could do is mess with my computer.”
“For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I want to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.”
“I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.”
“Mindset changes are not happening from change in legislation. Like desegregation. We legally got rid of legal segregation, but schools are still segregated. You can demand people have better math understanding, but it depends how you interpret math understanding, and what you want it for, and if you think everybody can and should have that.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I see the notion of talent as quite irrelevant. I see instead perseverance, application, industry, assiduity, will, will, will, desire, desire, desire.”
“Don't be 'practical' in politics. To be practical in that sense means that you have schooled yourself to think along the lines, and in the grooves that those who rob you would desire you to think.”

Source : 1909 Socialism Made Easy.

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