“Since the choice of what we curl up with is often crucial for our solace and sanity, we need to learn how to nurture the talent of selection. Book browsing is a meditative art...Books are as essential as breathing.” NeedsArtBookChoicesTalentEssentialsBreathingSanityCrucialNurtureSelectionSolaceCurlsBrowsing Author:Sarah Ban Breathnach
“My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform.” WorldWarStoriesForceSeeingAirGrewGrew UpHearingChineseWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiPilotsWorld War IGrandfatherUniformsMy GrandfatherAir Force Author:Eric Liu
“The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.” FunctionDevelopingRestoring Author:Hippocrates
“Science progresses not by convincing the adherents of old theories that they are wrong, but by allowing enough time to pass so that a new generation can arise unencumbered by the old errors.” EnoughProgressGenerationsTheoryErrorsAriseAllowingConvincingEnough TimeNew Generation Author:Max Planck
“Nobody comes to Earth to dodge problems. We come here to take 'em on.” ProblemEarthEmsDodge Author:Richard Bach
“Rebuilding us. Isn't that what the spirit requires, when we climb over the wreckage of our lives, sometimes, we go on to make our lives our own affirmation? We are perfect expressions of perfect Love, here and now. There is no permanent injury.” SometimesSpiritPerfectOur LivesExpressionGoes OnPermanentInjuryClimbsAffirmationHere And NowRebuildingPerfect LoveWreckage Author:Richard Bach
“Anybody has a right to evade taxes if he can get away with it. No citizen has a moral obligation to assist in maintaining his government” IfsGovernmentMoralCitizensTaxesObligationGet AwayMaintainingMoral Obligation Author:J. P. Morgan
“The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system.” SoundSecretDrivingPupils Author:Robert Baden-Powell