#stand

One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life. ↗

— Athanasius

#imitate #life #mind #possibly #pure

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#agricultural #around #beauty #bored #doing

Understanding begets empathy and compassion even for the meanest beggar - Oromis ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#understanding #education

Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#high #how #really #small #sometimes

I just don't understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I'm vilified as the person who cares about the look of a teapot - and it's not that I believe my taste is superior , I just can not believe that other people don't care. ↗

— Stephen Bayley

#appearance #believe #care #cares #concerned

People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in. ↗

— Amanda Beard

#else #friends #i #introduce #me

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#discloses #disguises #foolish #lack #their

Throughout history there have been many other examples, similar to that of Haeckel, Huxley and the cell, where a key piece of a particular scientific puzzle was beyond the understanding of the age. ↗

— Michael Behe

#been #beyond #cell #examples #history

I loved Veronica right off the bat. She was so strong and I think it is so important because there are so few shows that portray women, especially young women, as being strong and being able to stand up for themselves. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#bat #because #being #being strong #especially

I'd do pretty much anything to get back on stage. I'd like to develop a new musical. I nearly had a heart attack when I heard that they're developing John Waters' Cry-Baby because that is so amazing and super and wonderful and I wish that I could be involved. But it's not the right time and I understand that. But I hear things like that and I get that little tingle in my stomach. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#anything #attack #back #because #could