It Is In Things. Quotes
Sincere doubts, handled properly, can become a gift.
Life is a gift and a challenge.
CUSTOMER: I’m always on night shift at work.BOOKSELLER (jokingly): Is that why you’re buying so many vampire novels?CUSTOMER (seriously): You can never be too prepared.
His lips so soft, yet so stern, he pressed his mouth to mine. "I will have both of you, " he said. "My Sentinel and my city. And the GP will learn exactly how stubborn we both can be.
Look! Why want anything more marvellous than what is.
To grow up is to wonder about things
The most sublime labour of poetry is to give sense and passion to insensate things
She clasped his hands and pressed her lips to them. 'I want you to be proud of me, ' he repeated. She dropped his hands, feeling defeated.
It's about more than us, now, can't you see? I love you, of course I do, but some things...some things just have to be done.
We are the pioneers of the world
Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought.
It is precisely by binding things together that traditional visions perpetuate themselves and the prejudgments contained within them
We take our fetters with us
Oh yes. It was well worth it, doing things the proper way.
She was not vain enough to work her will against the world. But she could use the things the world had given her.
But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing good could come from wanting at the world. Even though she knew it was a wicked thing to do.
Patience and propriety. It was the only graceful thing to do.
When did we, as Christ followers, start to think that the church exists for us? When did we forget that we are the church? And that we're here for the world?
It's kind of sad, the brighter they burn the sooner they die. They're beautiful while they last
Faith does not make things happen. It merely breeds perseverance
We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.
If people feel lost and alone and helpless and broken and hopeless today, what will it be like if the world really begins to come apart at the hinges?
Which sort of shows why my body is an idiot, because forced narcolepsy is pretty much the worst defense ever.
Anyway, when sophisticated technology fails, primitive technology steps in to do the job.
Then he kissed her without breathing, without thinking. He kissed her until his entire body was tingling from the taste of her.
Educators are spiritual beings—we are on earth to make a difference.
People gravitate toward products that are bold, but instantly comprehensible: Most Advanced Yet Acceptable--MAYA.
This might be the most important question for every creator and maker in the world: how do you make something new if most people just like what they know? Is it possible to surprise with familiarity?
This sell something familiar, make it surprising. To sell something surprising, make it familiar.
True confession: The reason we don't talk about race is because we do not speak a common language.
We've been brainwashed into believing that it's a sin to discriminate. But discrimination doesn't mean racism
You can't fix your mistakes. Once people are dead, you can't make them undead.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time
Look forward. Every regret, every mournful thought, takes so much out of your life.
It’s not called ‘falling in love’ for no reason. It’s scary! It’s like jumping out of a plane with no parachute. Or bungee-jumping without your cord attached. Or hang-gliding with only one wing.
We tried to change Vietnam. Instead, Vietnam changed us.
They're only trees. Only trees. Whose afraid of lonely trees?
Our best canvas is all around us, in everything we touch and do.
If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you're so original.
Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things
We skipped right over Walmart on the ladder down.
Being self-owned is a state of mind.
The author cites researcher David Howard's idea of post-traumatic growth. Howard contends that some individuals faced with a traumatic event actually develop new strength.
The author says crises tend to reveal the connectivity of systems that had previously been study only in isolation.
We are to be generous not just in the results of our work, but also IN our work.
The knowledge worker cannot be supervised closely or in detail. He must direct himself toward performance and contribution
