#tea

Now, it is of course well known that Christ continually uses the expression 'imitators.' He never says that he asks for admirers, adoring admirers, adherents; and when he uses the expression 'follower' he always explains it in such a way that one perceives that 'imitators' is meant by it, that is not adherents of a teaching but imitators of a life.... ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#christ #christianity #follower #imitation #imitator

Stay away from any minute of joy that can bring you a lifetime of sorrow. ↗

— Dennis E. Adonis

#dangers #fun #life #mistakes #no-joy

If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#learning #life #mistakes #nature #parenting

Єсть на світі доля, А хто її знає? Єсть на світі воля, А хто її має? Єсть люде на світі — Сріблом-злотом сяють, Здається, панують, А долі не знають,— Ні долі, ні волі! З нудьгою та з горем Жупан надівають, А плакати — сором. Возьміть срібло-злото Та будьте багаті, А я візьму сльози — Лихо виливати; Затоплю недолю Дрібними сльозами, Затопчу неволю Босими ногами! Тоді я веселий, Тоді я багатий, Як буде серденько По волі гуляти! ↗

— Taras Shevchenko

#freedom #life #shevchenko #tears #ukraine

Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended. ↗

— Mark Hodder

#science-fiction #steampunk #science

She told me about the cop. And the movie star, and the construction worker. You're not having a life Michael, you're fucking the Village People one at a time ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#gay-literature #michael-tolliver #life

Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers. ↗

— Socrates

#teachers #teens #food

Are you going to wolf out and eat me now?" "Certainly not, you'd be stringy and hard to digest." "But kosher." "I'll be sure to point any Jewish lycanthropes in your direction. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#kosher-foods #teasing #food

Love is all that awaits you. ↗

— Howard Falco

#spiritual-growth #spirituality #teacher #life

It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understand it. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#writing #life