"If you look at history, even recent history, you see that there is indeed progress. . . . Over time, the cycle is clearly, generally upwards. And it doesn't happen by laws of nature. And it doesn't happen by social laws. . . . It happens as a result of hard work by dedicated people who are willing to look at problems honestly, to look at them without illusions, and to go to work chipping away at them, with no guarantee of success â€” in fact, with a need for a rather high tolerance for failure along the way, and plenty of disappointments."

-- Noam Chomsky

#Disappointment Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Law Quotes

“In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other.”
“When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.”
“I Shall Look At The World Through Tears. Perhaps I Shall See Things That, Dry-Eyed, I Could Not See”

Source : Nicholas Wolterstorff (1987). “Lament for a Son”, p.26, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one's reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write the things that I write.”

Source : "Roxane Gay Will Make You Proud to Be a Bad Feminist". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. July 24, 2014.
“Here is the path to the higher life: down, lower down! Just as water always seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds men abased and empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and to bless.”

Source : Andrew Murray (2005). “Humility”, p.19, Whitaker House
“We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.”
“As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter.”
“Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God.”

Source : Oswald Chambers (1994). “My Utmost for His Highest: The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers : Features the Author's Daily Prayers”, Discovery House Pub

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