#quest

Lauren: "Can I ask you a question?" Angie: "Generally that's a question one should say no to. Often hell no. ↗

— Kristin Hannah

#question #love

Women's liberty", "women's independence" are words on everybody's lips these days, but they stay on the lips and don't go any further. Do you know why? I've found out that liberty can be obtained neither by theoretical arguments, nor by pleading justice and morality, nor by staging a concerted quarrel with men at a meeting. It's something that no one can give to another - not something to be owed or paid as a due. ..you can easily understand that it comes of its own accord - through one's own fulfillment, by the enlargement of one's own soul. ↗

— Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay

#women-s-liberation #men

those which are produced from causes are not produced. they do not have an inherent nature of production. those which depend on causes are said to be empty; those who know emptiness are aware. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#anavataptanagarajapariprchchha #king #nagas #questions #sutra

The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#colonies #conquest #contact #dutch #free

Jesus Christ is our supreme commander, but He operates only through His word, which is unquestionably a training manual. However, He has many interpreters, and few people see the Bible as a true training manual. ↗

— Gary North

#christ #commander #few #few people #his

When I define polarities in my work, I actually create the space between things. I point to the question I am actually interested in, without naming it. ↗

— Alva Noto

#am #between #create #define #i

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?' ↗

— Henry Miller

#ask #asking #bring #damage #good

It's a question of why they come for your advice. Whatever I tell you, it doesn't matter, it is completely irrelevant in a way. I know so many actors who were discouraged and put that aside. You will get half-baked opinions. ↗

— Michael York

#aside #come #completely #discouraged #get

I mean talk. Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, and even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen. So I talk with him. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#friend #god #questioning #sorrow #talk

If you don't listen to the question entirely, then you are going to revise your answers frequently. ↗

— Toba Beta

#the-art-of-listening-question #art