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I do feel very strongly that this is one of the things which people need encouragement to sort out, because I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something, it's just a question of finding this. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#encouragement #everybody #feel #feeling #finding

The Great Way is not named; Great Discriminations are not spoken; Great Benevolence is not benevolent; Great Modesty is not humble; Great Daring does not attack. If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way. ↗

— Chuang Chou

#philosophy #inspirational

Your mama coming back. Just cause you cant sees a person aint mean nothing. They still there. You worry you never gonna find your mama but she gonna come to you. Close your eyes. I bets you see her good. ↗

— Nancy Rawles

#inspirational #life-lessons #love #slavery #inspirational

Abuse...Injustice....Hate...Racism...Are all the same! They're all WRONG!✌ ↗

— Timothy Pina

#inspirational #inspirational

You cannot hate someone until you know what it might be like to love them. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love #love

This is ridiculous, I mean, wholly ridiculous. It never did any child any harm to have something that was a tiny bit above them anyway, and I claim that anyone who can follow Doctor Who can follow absolutely anything. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#absolutely #any #anyone #anything #anyway

Mainly as sort of blueprints for dealing with most of the adults in their lives, to some extent with their fellows. It is this notion of aiming high and there's always hope, aim low and you might as well stop now. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#aiming #always #blueprints #dealing #extent

I believe art prefers rules. For some artists, the worst thing you can do is say 'Do whatever you want.' Such permission can be terrifying. I know it is for me. Often it's better if you impose rules or restrictions on a project. Requirements can force you to be creative in unusual ways. ↗

— Lisa Mangum

#artists #restrictions #art

If you feel irritated or threatened by others' beliefs, it's a sign that you're experiencing crisis of confidence. ↗

— Toba Beta

#crisis-of-confidence #experience #irritation #experience

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#better #church #desire #ordinary #really