#adequacy

It is only the inadequacy of the criminal code that saves the hackers from very serious prosecution. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#criminal #hackers #inadequacy #only #prosecution

If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#inadequacy-of-words #painting #power-of-words #self-expression #art

You know that sickening feeling of inadequacy and over-exposure you feel when you look upon your own empurpled prose? Relax into the awareness that this ghastly sensation will never, ever leave you, no matter how successful and publicly lauded you become. It is intrinsic to the real business of writing and should be cherished. ↗

— Will Self

#exposure #inadequacy #prose #self-criticism #writing

People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too. ↗

— William Faulkner

#salvation #sin #words #salvation

'God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil. ↗

— Mary Daly

#evil #front #god #ignorance #inadequacy

Adequacy is sufficient. ↗

— Adam Osborne

#sufficient

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#basic #life #supplied

Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#greatness #humility #inadequacy #insecurity #wisdom-inspirational

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#fear #inadequacy #inspirational #light #powerful

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#english #inadequacy-of-words #language #lose #loss