#mira

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them. ↗

— Hypatia

#after #believes #child #fables #fantasies

Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. ↗

— Jean Ingelow

#man #miracle #nature

That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#anger #frustration #jealousy #strategy #surprise

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. ↗

— William James

#god #grace #miraculously #operates #probably

Positive thinking by itself does not work. Your embodied vision, partnered with vibrant and energetic thinking, and balanced with active listening, followed with intentional action - will clear the path for your miracles. ↗

— Sumner Davenport

#miracles #positive-thinking #attitude

So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think. ↗

— David Krumholtz

#country #many #out #part #people

Every week when my batch of weekly cartoons would go to FedEx, it felt like a small miracle. Then in a few days, it's 'Here we go again.' ↗

— Gary Larson

#batch #cartoons #days #every #felt

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life. ↗

— Jose Marti

#avails #even #gives #glory #great

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood. ↗

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#always #am #asking #every #i

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#alcoholics #anonymous #boundless #phenomenon