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All day long the superior man is creatively active. ↗

— Fu Xi

#creation #maker #mastery #change

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#asia #civilized #going #methods #much

I've mastered many thing's in my life. Navigating the streets of London, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of flower arranging, lying at charades, concealing a highly intoxicated state, delighting young women with my charms..." Tessa stared. "Alas," he went on, "no one has ever actually referred to me as 'the master' or 'the magister', either. More's the pity..." "Are you highly intoxicated at the moment? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#william-herondale #art

Well, there is nothing we can do about it. We have to put up with these snakes, dogs, and swine surrounding us and corrupting the Gospel both in doctrine and in life. Wherever there are faithful preachers they always have to take this. Such is the fortune of the Gospel in the world. ↗

— Martin Luther

#persecution #faith

I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling. ↗

— Martin Kippenberger

#i #interested #not interested #only #people

Another goal is to look to the resources we have and to see how we could do better to plan, in a sense, for the faculty and infrastructure that we will need to study Asia well into the 21st century. ↗

— William Kirby

#another #asia #better #century #could

When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person. ↗

— David Kirk

#breaking #brotherhood #brothers #calls #concept

The entrance into Jerusalem has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions - even parading without a permit! ↗

— David Kirk

#actions #comes #donkey #elements #entrance

You can't just carry everyone else's hopes and fears around in your backpack and expect to stand up straight. ↗

— David Kirk

#backpack #carry #else #everyone #expect

Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. ↗

— Mark Kirk

#amount #born #children #creditors #day