“I would much rather sit, dimmed by inattention, and study the atmosphere and the silence and dance between people, but often times I’m not offered this privilege. The necessity for isolation, and the striving for popularity is the only contradiction I find in being a writer and an actress.” PeopleAttentionSilenceStudyStrivePrivilegeActressesAtmosphereIsolationContradictionInattention Author:Masiela Lusha
“Go to the place where the thing you wish to know is native; your best teacher is there. Where the thing you wish to know is so dominant that you must breathe its very atmosphere, there teaching is moat thorough, and learning is most easy. You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken; you study mineralogy boat among miners; and so with everything else.” KnowsCountryLanguageWishEasyStudyTeacherTeachingBreatheBoatAtmosphereAcquireNativeDominantThoroughBest TeacherMinersMoats Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented and delighted in. We have allowed business, study or active labor to interfere with our closet-hours. And the feverish atmosphere in which both the church and the nation are enveloped has found its way into our prayer closets.” MenWayLittlesHas BeensSpiritFoundNationsHoursChurchPrayerStudyLaborActiveAtmosphereInterfereClosetsOur PrayersDelighted Author:Bonar Law
“In the old days, people thought that wouldn't be amenable to life. Modern studies with computers have shown that it's okay to be tidally locked. If a planet heats up on one side and not the other, the atmosphere can still circulate, because heat wants to move around.” PeopleIfsWantStillsMovingSidesStudyModernPlanetsComputerOkayAtmosphereHeatLockedOld DaysAmenable Author:Sara Seager