Quote by John Ciardi
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightene

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. – John Ciardi

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What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down. – John Ciardi

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Trust
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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. – John Ciardi

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Courage
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A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. – John Ciardi

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Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you dont believe is right. – Jane Goodall

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Things dont have to change the world to be important. – Steve Jobs

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The joy of life consists in the exercise of ones energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal. – Aleister Crowley

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I have found there are four steps to change. 1. You must want it. 2. You must believe it. 3. You must live it. 4. You will become it. – Glenn Beck

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Theres a victory, and defeat the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself. – Plato

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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. – Marcus Aurelius

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Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge. – Polly Toynbee

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