#if

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#life #productivity #faith

There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance. ↗

— Thomas Pynchon

#between #chance #difference #god #operations

Every social organisation which is rooted in life still lasts a long time, even after the conditions from which it drew its strength have changed in a manner unfavourable to it. ↗

— Karl Radek

#changed #conditions #drew #even #every

They walked back to the chopping block, Claire carrying the crab in her hands. Helen paused. "You know, I'd like to ask you something a friend asked me once, if you don't think it's too personal." "What is it?" "What do you do that makes you happy? Just you?" Claire looked at Helen for a moment and thought, the crab resting on the block beneath her hands. "I was just wondering," Helen continued. "No one ever asked me when I was your age, and I think it's a good thing to think about." Claire nodded. Then she took the cleaver and cut the crab into ten pieces. ↗

— Erica Bauermeister

#self-reflection #age

In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.' ↗

— Ted Yoho

#country #drifting #enough #four #had

Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and will continue to be, life's pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation. ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#been #continue #field #honest #hostility

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#bold #choose #difference #for the people #i

I feel I'd like to share my luck and my life. Being in love is the best thing in the world. ↗

— Susannah York

#being in love #best #feel #i #i feel

Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ↗

— Jonathan Richman

#different #expect #get #guitar #know

This is a quote from C. S. Lewis. It helped me a lot when I was trying to decide God's will fro me when my emotions were overruling my logic. Feelings come adn go, and when they come, a good use can be made of them, but they cannot be our regular spiritual diet. ↗

— Robin Jones Gunn

#diet