#com

The middle path makes me wary. . . . But in the middle of my life, I am coming to see the middle path as a walk with wisdom where conversations of complexity can be found, that the middle path is the path of movement. . . . In the right and left worlds, the stories are largely set. . . . We become missionaries for a position . . . practitioners of the missionary position. Variety is lost. Diversity is lost. Creativity is lost in our inability to make love with the world. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#compromise #conversation #creativity #diversity #left

Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12) ↗

— Teacher David McCullough

#commencement #graduation #read #reading #you-are-not-special

A growing community must integrate three elements: a life of silent prayer, a life of service and above all of listening to the poor, and a community life through which all its members can grow in their own gift. ↗

— Jean Vanier

#prayer #life

I don't listen to much modern composition. ↗

— Colin Greenwood

#i #listen #modern #much

A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend. ↗

— Douglas Jerrod

#companion #friend #life

There is a fine line between compassion and a victim mentality. Compassion though is a healing force and comes from a place of kindness towards yourself. Playing the victim is a toxic waste of time that not only repels other people, but also robs the victim of ever knowing true happiness. ↗

— Bronnie Ware

#happiness #victim-mentality #life

The life of Jesus suggests that to be like Abba is to show compassion. Donald Gray expresses this: "Jesus reveals in an exceptionally human life what it is to live a divine life, a compassionate life. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#divinity #jesus #spiritual-life #life

When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#shortcuts #success

I started being a comedy fan when I was, I'm going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#comedy #fan #going #guess #i

The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#life