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I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.
— Stephen Hawking
You can't find a YouTube clip to become a craftsman, friend, parent - or disciple of Christ. It's all of grace. And to grow in that grace, you need two things: time and community.
— Michael Horton
Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
— Carl Sagan
Get the habit of analysis - analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.
— Anne Frank
teachers are the greatest freaks on earth,....
— Anne Frank
I've gained some insight into human nature since I came here, which is good, but I've had enough for the present.
— Anne Frank
I was usually filled with a sense of something like shame until I'd remember that wonderful line of Blake's- that we are here to learn to endure the beams of love- and I would take a long deep breath and force these words out of my strangulated throat: Thank you.
— Anne Lamott
We learn from pain that some of the things we thought were castles turn out to be prisons, and we desperately want out, but even though we built them, we can't find the door. Yet maybe if you ask God for help in knowing which direction to face, you'll have a moment of intuition. Maybe you'll see at least one next right step you can take.
— Anne Lamott
Jesus was a rabbi, schooled by rabbis, who thought like rabbis. Rabbis, upon being asked a question by a disciple, usually answer with a paradoxical inquiry or a story. This can be annoying and time-consuming for those of us looking for neat, simple answers. But truth is too wild and complex to be contained in one answer, so Jesus often responded with a question or a parable.
— Anne Lamott
They taught me to pay attention, but not so much attention to my tiny princess mind.
— Anne Lamott
Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do—the actual act of writing—turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.
— Anne Lamott