“Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the weights and sprinting towards his goals. Those who insincerely misunderstand, who intentionally distort the motives of a pure-intentioned individual, then, no longer have the opportunity to block his path; instead, they are the ones left to stand on the sidelines shouting frustratedly in the wind of his trail.” MayRunningOpportunityIndividualLeftGoalPathWindPureWeightOneselfBurdenBlockMotiveStoppingTrailsFrustratingDroppingShoutingSidelines Author:Criss Jami
“We are to regard the mind, not as a piece of iron to be laid upon the anvil and hammered into any shape, nor as a block of marble in which we are to find the statue by removing the rubbish, nor as a receptacle into which knowledge may be poured; but as a flame that is to be fed, as an active being that must be strengthened to think and to feel -- and to dare, to do, and to suffer.” ThinkingFeelsMindMaySufferingPiecesShapesRegardDareActiveBlockFlamesIronFedsStatuesMarbleRubbishHammeredAnvils Book:Miscellaneous Essays and Discourses Source: Miscellaneous Essays and Discourses