Two Thoughts (22 - 28 December)
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Sunday, 22 December
Two thoughts from Charles Handy
“Change is only another word for growth, another synonym for learning.”
“The future is not inevitable. We can influence it, if we know what we want it to be.”
Monday, 23 December
Two thoughts from Pierce Brown
“Liars make the best promises.”
“You know a people have given up when they stop teaching their children.”
Tuesday, 24 December
Two thoughts from Laura I. Wilder
“We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.”
"The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies."
Wednesday, 25 December
Two thoughts from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
“Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.”
Thursday, 26 December
Two thoughts from Percival Everett
“Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.”
“If you're not making mistakes, you're not learning.”
Friday, 27 December
Two thoughts from Edna Ferber
“A closed mind is a dying mind.”
"Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history."
Saturday, 28 December
Two thoughts from Rachel Kushner
“For me, truth cracks open in the places where things do not cohere. That’s how life is.”
"It's amazing how life conspires to set you up with what you need."
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Thanks a lot for sharing these thoughts Jim!
dear jim,
thank you for these quotes! some of my faves this week:
Charles Handy:
“Change is only another word for growth, another synonym for learning.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
“Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.”
Percival Everett:
“Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.”
thank you for sharing as always!
love
myq