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George MacDonald
“She would be one of those who kneel to their own shadows till feet grow on their knees; then go down on their hands till their hands grow into feet; then lay their faces on the ground till they grow into snouts; when at last they are a hideous sort of lizards, each of which believes himself the best, wisest, and loveliest being in the world, yea, the very centre of the universe. And so they run about for ever looking for their own shadows that they may worship them, and miserable because they cannot find them, being themselves too near the ground to have any shadows; and what becomes of them at last, there is but one who knows.”
― George MacDonald, The Wise Woman and Other Stories

“Compassion speaks with a slight accent. She was a vulnerable child, miserable in school, cold, shy … In ninth grade she was befriended by Courage. Courage lent Compassion bright sweaters, explained the slang, showed her how to play volleyball.”
― J. Ruth Gendler, The Book of Qualities

Steve Maraboli
“This is not the time to be passive. This is the time to shape, sculpt, paint, participate… the time to get sweaty, to get dirty, to fall in love, to forgive, to forget, to hug, to kiss… this is the time to experience, participate and live your life as a verb.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Edward W. Said
“وأنا لا أرى ما هو أجدر بالإستهجان مما يكتسبه المثقف من عادات فكرية تنزع به نحو ما يسمى "التفادى" أى النكوص أو التخلى (الذى يمارسه الكثيرون) عن الثبات فى موقفه القائم على المبادئ, على صعوبة ذلك, وهو يعلم علم اليقين أنه الموقف الصائب ولكنه يختار ألا يلتزم به, فهو لا يريد أن يظهر فى صورة من اكتسى لونا سياسيا أكثر مما ينبغى له, وهو يحاول ألا يظهر فى صورة من يختلف الناس عليه, وهو يحتاج إلى رضاء رئيسه عنه, أو رضاء من يمثل السلطة, ويريد الحفاظ على سمعته باعتباره متوازنا, موضوعيا, معتدلا, وهو يأمل أن يُطلب من جديد لإسداء المشورة, أو للاشتراك فى عضوية مجلس أو لجنة ذائعة الصيت, وأن يظل من ثم فى التيار الرئيسى للقادرين على تحمل المسؤولية, ويأمل أن يحصل يوما على شهادة فخرية, أو جائزة كبرى, وربما منصب سفير فى دولة أجنبية.”
― Edward W. Said, Representations of the Intellectual

Fulton J. Sheen
“There are ultimately only two possible adjustments to life; one is to suit our lives to principles; the other is to suit principles to our lives. If we do not live as we think, we soon begin to think as we live. The method of adjusting moral principles to the way men live is just a perversion of the order of things.”
― Fulton J. Sheen

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