Christopher Moellering

“Reprimands will not bring the waves into line. Anger will not alter the wind. Sadness will not bring back the Gulf Stream. The greatest freedom allotted to any human being is the freedom to choose one's attitude. Whatever the weather, it is my weather, and I must do my best to enjoy it.”
― Tori Murden McClure, A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean

“The more we come to depend on the images offered to us by those who try to distract us, entertain us, use us for their purposes, and make us conform to the demands of a consumer society, the easier it is for us to lose our identity.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen

“The idea that real and serous learning is something practiced only by a small elite is stubborn and hard to displace.”
― Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life

“The freedom of a leisurely activity is the freedom from results or outcomes beyond it, not the freedom of rest or recreation.”
― Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life