“Today we have a weakness in our education process in failing to understand the natural associations between the disciplines. We tend to study all our disciplines in unrelated parallel lines. This tends to be true in both Christian and secular education. This is one of the reasons why evangelical Christians have been taken by surprise at the tremendous shift that has come in our generation.” Has BeensReasonTodayChristianProcessNaturalLinesStudyTakenFailingGenerationsDisciplineWeaknessSurpriseBeing TrueReason WhyAssociationSecularParallelsEvangelicalOur GenerationParallel Lines Book:Escape from Reason Source: Escape from Reason
“One of the things I know from the study of history is that history surprises you. History is not written. It's not inevitable.The victory of evil is not certain.” KnowsCertainEvilStudyWrittenVictorySurpriseInevitable Author:Salman Rushdie
“Always look up! Every time I step out-side, that's the first thing I do. Ask your-self, "what star is that?", grab a star chart and try to figure it out. That is basically how I started. Learn your planets and learn how to distinguish them from the stars. Study star charts even during the day and that night, go and see if you can find them. You may surprise yourself!” IfsTryingFirstsLooksMaySelfNightAsksStarsSidesStepsStudyFiguresPlanetsSurpriseLook Up Author:Will Young
“Beware of advice. Consider your sources carefully. Look them up. See if you respect what they've made. Get educated. Be informed about who's real and who isn't. Study your craft and your industry, practice all the time, challenge yourself - write things you think you can't, try things you have been told you shouldn't try - leave room for surprises, and learn how to collaborate.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingLooksHas BeensMadeRealChallengesRoomsPracticeStudyAdviceSourceIndustrySurpriseEducatedCraftsChallenge Yourself Author:Karen Walton
“Caffeine gives me hope. Sometimes, when I brew my wicked strong Irish black tea just perfect, about halfway through the mug I feel a clear and overwhelming feeling of optimism. It didn't surprise me when a study a few years ago implied that suicide was much less likely among coffee and tea drinkers.” GivingFeelsYearsSometimesFeelingsStrongBlackPerfectStudyClearYears AgoOptimismGive MeSuicideSurpriseCoffeeTeaWickedOverwhelmingHalfwayCaffeineSurprise MeDrinkersImpliedMugCoffee And Tea Author:John Vanderslice
“There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.” ThinkingStillsTogetherArtistWonderStudyHumilityCapableSurpriseAccidentsMoodReactionsIntimateSympathetic Author:Edward Hopper
“Italy was a surprise in my life. I went there just to make money and then go back to Israel and study psychology. The arts wasn't something I grew up with or thought I could be part of.” ArtStudyPsychologyGrewGrew UpSurpriseIsraelMaking Money Author:Moran Atias