"You are extraordinary within your limits, but your limits are extraordinary!"

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Source : Gertrude Stein (2013). “Everybody's Autobiography”, p.42, Vintage

Gertrude Stein

#Limits Quotes #Extraordinary Quotes #Self Discovery Quotes

“Plant the seeds of Love in your hearts. Let them grow into trees of Service and shower the sweet fruit of Ananda. Share the Ananda with all. That is the proper way to celebrate the Birthday”
“I think, I just always want to leave the door open for, you know, I don't want it to be finished. I've never gotten sick of a song, I've played them over and over and over again, and if I get bored with something, then I'll just change that thing.”
“...congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it were, of genetically undesirable maleness.”
“The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you're hurt.”
“I know I'm old-fashioned, but there's just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen, which is so one-dimensional. There's a sense of ownership that you have with books, a physical connection.”
“Many Christians still at bottom look upon God as one of the most selfish, self-absorbed Beings in the universe, far more selfish than they could think it right to be themselves, -intent only upon His own honor and glory, looking out continually that His own rights are never trampled on; and so absorbed in thoughts of Himself and of His own righteousness, as to have no love or pity to spare for the poor sinners who have offended Him.”
“Illy [Ray Illingworth] had the man-management skills of Basil Fawlty”
“So, thanks,â€ Vivian said. â€œFor what?â€ I looked up at her, confused. â€œFor being stupid enough to love your crazy, murdering lunatic of a sister and being such a pathetic dork that I couldnâ€™t help but love you, too”

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