"Accuracy is the basis of style. Words dress our thoughts and should fit; and should fit not only in their utterances, but in their implications, their sequences, and their silences, just as in architecture the empty spaces are as important as those that are filled."

-- Freya Stark

#Space Quotes #Silence Quotes #Style Quotes

“Without a sense of the shame or guilt of his or her action, the child will only be hardened in rebellion by physical punishment. Shame (and praise) help the child to internalize the parent's judgment. It impresses upon the child that the parent is not only more powerful but also right. Like the Puritans, Locke (in 1690), wanted the child to adopt the parent's moral position, rather than simply bow to superior strength or social pressure.”
“Freedom that lacks moral truth becomes its own worst enemy.”
“The message has to be sent that if you commit a crime there has to be punishment.”
“Man's inhumanity to man is not the last word. The truth lies deeper. It is economic slavery, the savage struggle for a crumb, that has converted mankind into wolves and sheep.”

Source : Alexander Berkman (1912). “Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist”
“Fine. I'll train. But I'm going to the stinking capitol if I have to kill a crew and fly there myself." Says Johanna. "Probably best not to bring that up in training," I say. "But it's nice to know I'll have a ride.”
“You do your best, you do all this stuff, but the only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.”
“Well, I grew up in a tough neighborhood.”
“You can have anything you want”

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