#isi

It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart. ↗

— Karl Barth

#am #angels #bach #famille #go

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#action #clearer #ebb #error #fear

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#learning #need #power #same #scholars

I think that it's important if you run for President that you have to make those important decisions. And your father, if he can help, probably, he helps just by being your father without getting intimately involved. ↗

— Birch Bayh

#decisions #father #getting #help #helps

The last thing the consumer index wants men and women to do is to figure out how to love one another: The $1.5 trillion retail-sales industry depends on sexual estrangement between men and women, and is fueled by sexual dissatisfaction. Ads do not sell sex--that would be counterproductive, if it meant that heterosexual women and men turned to one another and were gratified. What they sell is sexual discontent. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#eating-disorders #feminism #self-esteem #society #beauty

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#create #into #new #people #place

I am the parent of teenagers, my daughters are 13 and 15, so the issue of Internet safety has been an important issue. I have been visiting middle schools to talk about some of the challenges that they face. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#am #been #challenges #daughters #face

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ↗

— Melody Beattie

#creates #gratitude #makes #our #past

The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#decision #drink #good #good news #influence

I believed in raising my children as I had been raised. ↗

— Boris Becker

#believed #children #had #i #raised