#be

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. ↗

— Octavio Paz

#change #dialectic #lies #neither #nor

For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced that theology is a pursuit that can be engaged in with intellectual honesty and integrity. ↗

— Arthur Peacocke

#adult #adult life #been #certainly #convinced

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#automatic #becomes #develops #enough #frequently

When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse. ↗

— Hesketh Pearson

#enough #know #old #old enough #people

It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps are better made than some from the past. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#better #doing #films #group #hard

For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become. ↗

— Joseph Chilton Pearce

#appropriate #become #being #child #children

Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what then is the affection of a Father! ↗

— John Pearson

#affection #best #esteemed #excellent #father

I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't bother me because I don't know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#because #bother #call #dad #different

Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush to get there! ↗

— Minnie Pearl

#bush #get #going #kissing #like

But bread is different. I come from Czechoslovakia, where we eat lots of it, so it's hard to say no. I can't even have one piece, because when I start, I don't stop. ↗

— Daniela Pestova

#bread #come #czechoslovakia #different #eat