#win

Judith Rey watches the young woman. Once upon a time, I had a baby daughter. I dressed her in frilly frocks, enrolled her for ballet classes, and sent her to horse-riding camp five summers in a row. But look at her. She turned into Lester anyway. She kisses Luisa’s forehead. Luisa frowns, suspiciously, like a teenager. “What? ↗

— David Mitchell

#daughter #father #growing-up #human-nature #identity

Rather than trying to master nature we should start with the basics of trying to understand nature, cooperate with nature. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#knowing #understanding-the-nature-of-god #nature

Considering the way the prebiotic soup is referred to in so many discussions of the origin of life as an already established reality, it comes as something of a shock to realize that there is absolutely no positive evidence for its existence. ↗

— Michael Denton

#biology #chemical-evolution #darwinism #evolution #naturalism

I could show fight on natural selection having done and doing more for the progress of civilization than you seem inclined to admit. Remember what risk the nations of Europe ran, not so many centuries ago of being overwhelmed by the Turks ↗

— Charles Darwin

#ottoman-empire #turkey #nature

Wenn jemand eine Weide schöner findet als eine Buche, ein Schwein hässlicher als eine Kuh, einen Geier bösartiger als ein Eichhörnchen, dann hat das mit uns Menschen zu tun, mit der Geschichte des Blicks, mit den Büchern, Gemälden, Filmen, mit den Worten und den Bildern, mit den Behauptungen, die der Mensch über die Natur aufgestellt hat, und damit, wie er die Natur abgebildet hat, früher und heute. ↗

— Connie Palmen

#schönheit #nature

I knew by the signs it would be a hard winter. The hollies bore a heavy crop of berries and birds stripped them bare. Crows quarreled in reaped fields and owls cried in the mountains, mournful as widows. Fur and moss grew thicker than usual. Cold rains came, driven sideways through the trees by north winds, and snows followed. ↗

— Sarah Micklem

#folklore #nature #predictions #weather #winter

If I could have all of those things, I wouldn't mind if I touched her or not. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#relationships #relationship

Verovao vetru, povetarcu, sad sam oduvan od razočarenja. ↗

— Marko Sokolovic

#love #relationship #truth #wind #love

Forget the adage Win/Win and make a commitment to Learn/Learn. Win/Win is good, but implies an end. Once you win, then what? Learn/Learn creates a paradigm of ongoing value. This creates a Learn/Learn situation. I learn about you and you learn about me. And we learn from each other. ↗

— Ted Rubin author of Return on Relationship

#winning #relationship

Being in relationship with Jesus, "God, The One and Only", is the single cure for hatred ...the only guarantee of salam or shalom! ↗

— Gary Patton

#islam #jesus-following #religion #religion