#eve

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#approaches #believed #claim #creative #degree

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#more #never #opinions #retract #than

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. ↗

— Max Eastman

#beauty #force #i #importance #interest

Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#came #comeback #considered #disappointed #every

Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#gave #had #i #made #me

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#even #hath #him #himself #power

I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it? ↗

— Vida Blue

#child #every #every man #i #i think

Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to push it away. It's really too close to the quick of the soul. ↗

— Stella Blum

#claim #close #everybody #fashion #feelings

What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists - whatever else they might be - might also be rational human beings; which is to say that in their own minds they have a rational justification for their actions. ↗

— William Blum

#also #beings #else #human #human beings

The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers. ↗

— Judy Blume

#books #censorship #due #fear #losers