“Whatever... you pretend... if any of you be a prayerless person, or a scoffer, or a lover of evil company, in a word, if you are not a holy, strict, and self-denying Christian, you cannot be saved.” IfsPersonsSelfChristianEvilCompanyLoversHolySavedStrictHebrewMatthewScoffers Author:Joseph Alleine
“... except in the eyes of a few fanatics (untrustworthy as all lovers) an unmitigated expanse of water is dull even when blue: not in a small boat, where you are part of the winds and currents and tides and are allowed to hold the tiller now and then; but from those decks which the shipping companies with subconscious insight try to make as suburban as possible so that the impact of the monster outside may be lessened, and where the unrecognized boredom is so deep that a wispy smear of smoke on the horizon will queue up a crowd as if for a Valkyrie passing.” IfsTryingMayEyeWaterCompanyWindLoversBlueImpactCurrentsCrowdsInsightMonstersPassingPassingsBoatSmokeBoredomDullHorizonWhere You AreTidesNow And ThenSubconsciousFanaticsDeckExpanseShippingQueuesUntrustworthy Author:Freya Stark
“When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.” ShouldPersonsPoetryCompanyPoetLoversClothesSightWaveJournalistThievesPublishers Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“I don't care if you're a parent giving to a child, a worker to a company, or a romantic to a lover, this behavior eventually leads to resentment. There's always a hidden agenda of What's in it for me? It's often suppressed, and this is why sacrifice is ultimately unwise and incomplete. Does this mean that there's no such thing as altruism, philanthropy, or generosity? No, it just means that anytime these exist, so do egocentricity, misanthropy, and greed. There's always a balancing force, even if it's sometimes hidden or unconscious.” IfsGivingMeanChildrenDoeSometimesCareForceParentCompanySacrificeLoversBehaviorWorkersGreedDon't CareGenerosityI Don't CareUnconsciousAgendasResentmentPhilanthropyAltruismIncompleteUnwiseMisanthropy Author:John Frederick Demartini
“For each human being there is an optimum ratio between change and stasis. Too little change, he grows bored. Too little stability, he panics and loses his ability to adapt. One who marries six times in ten years won't change jobs. One who moves often to serve his company will maintain a stable marriage. A woman chained to one home and family may redecorate frantically or take a lover or go to many costume parties.” YearsHumansMayLittlesHomeJobsMovingGrowsLosesHuman BeingsAbilityPartyCompanyLoversTenSixBoredStabilityStablePanicCostumesBeing ThereRatiosChainedOptimumStasisAbility To AdaptHome And Family Book:Three trips in time and space: original novellas of science fiction Source: Three trips in time and space: original novellas of science fiction