“I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and too little to the positive merit of enjoying their company.” ThinkingChildrenLittlesEnjoyCompanyVirtueToo MuchModernNegativeImportanceEducationalMeritInterfereTheorists Book:In praise of idleness: and other essays Source: In praise of idleness: and other essays
“The life of God - the life which the mind apprehends and enjoys as it rises to the absolute unity of all things - may be described as a play of love with itself; but this idea sinks to an edifying truism, or even to a platitude, when it does not embrace in it the earnestness, the pain, the patience, and labor, involved in the negative aspect of things.” MindMayDoeIdeasPlayGodPainEnjoyInvolvedNegativeAspectLaborAll ThingsAbsolutesEmbraceUnityEarnestnessPlatitudesTruism Author:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for Rolling Stone for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.” MindMeanEnjoyClassMinutesNegativeStonesCriticismHotCriticsSakeCrueltyRollingJerkRolling Stones Author:Patrick Stump
“Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live. Don't proselytize. Work for peace. Work at a job that offers basic human dignity. Don't hold on to negative feelings. Move calmly through life. Enjoy art, books and playfulness.” YearsHumansArtSaidBookFeelingsJobsLastsMovingEnjoySecretOffersNegativeDignityTake TimeLast YearPopeEnjoy LifeSlow DownHuman DignityTime OffPlayfulnessSecret To HappinessLive And Let LiveNegative Feelings Author:Timothy Egan
“You have to enjoy being a woman. Why should being a woman be such a negative thing where you always have to improve yourself? I have never in my entire life met a man who didn't want to go to bed with me because I was too fat.” MenWantShouldEnjoyMetsBedNegativeFatsBeing A WomanImproving Yourself Author:Erica Jong