"Thinking is trying to think the unthinkable: thinking the thinkable is not worth the effort."

-- Helene Cixous

#Thinking Quotes #Effort Quotes #Decision Quotes

“We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I donâ€™t see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we donâ€™t take responsibility.”
“I spend quite a bit of time thinking about my students. I look at them, at their work, I listen to what they tell me, and try to figure out who they might become in the best of all possible worlds. This is not easy. Students try to give you clues; sometimes they look at you as if imploring you to understand something about them that they don't yet have the means to articulate. How can one succeed at this? And how can one do it 20 times over for all the students in a class? It's impossible, of course. I know this, but I try anyway. It's tiring.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.
“Honesty is a big deal, and when your honest everything will fall into place.”
“Training is principally an act of faith.”
“In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism.”
“Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.”

Source : Quoted in Roland Flamini, Ava (1983)
“They say that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And Iâ€™ve always believed them. Until now. Now everything has changed. Now, Iâ€™d rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years smothered by a lie”
“My ideology was, if I just make very happy music, very happy music, then people will forget about whatever their problems are. I will forget about my problems.”

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