#owe

As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#before #behind #better #both #did

Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#art #exhausted #generally #great #her

Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#case #dwarfed #flower #flowering #freely

Any creator owes a debt to past creation. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#creation #creator #debt #owes #past

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it. I was going to be a lawyer, but I got saved. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#being #ever #explorer #gave #go

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life. ↗

— Brigham Young

#appreciate #clearly #education #life #power

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire. ↗

— John W. Foster

#fire #genius #lighting #own #power

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#certain #complex #endowed #institution #name

The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#behavior #causes #desire #dominates #everyday

One side of the American psyche wants smaller government, lower taxes, and more choices for individuals, even if those choices increase risk. The other wants a strong social safety net to protect the weakest among us, even if it costs more to minimize risk. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#among #choices #costs #even #government