#stance

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

#good #good deeds #holy #learning #only

If men had to do their vile work without the assistance of woman and the stimulant of strong drink they would be obliged to be more divine and less brutal. ↗

— Caroline Nichols Churchill

#brutal #divine #drink #had #less

You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distance now. I've done it such a long time ago. ↗

— Eric Carle

#book #certain #distance #done #how

Typically, in the cities there can be resistance to the gospel or just to Americans, or anybody that's Western. When you get back into the villages, the people are very welcoming. Then when you get into Muslim areas, it definitely gets a little more difficult. ↗

— Michael Scott

#areas #back #cities #definitely #difficult

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself. ↗

— Charles Simeon

#circumstance #forgive #forgiven #god #having

You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done. ↗

— Jack Youngblood

#circumstances #doing #done #enough #find

Anything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#art

Resistance is always lying and always full of shit. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#lies #lying #resistance #shit #art

Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#art

Resistance gets us to plunge into a project with an overambitious and unrealistic timetable for its completion. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#resistance #art