#ere

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#bound #degree #easily #enjoyments #every

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetites #care #cool #due #further

On the other hand, I was very much interested in the way people behaved, the human dance, how they seemed to move around each other. I wanted to play around with that. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#behaved #dance #each #hand #how

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#alive #because #committed #companionship #had

Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#already #classes #day #doing #feedback

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#about #anthropology #astronomy #fun #geology

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#anything #being #black #did #difficult

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#apply #christ #church #cruelty #desertion

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#aristocratic #atmosphere #common #common sense #live

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#cannot #continually #ere #find #how