We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Sometimes I think I might not have written The Age of Miracles if I hadnt grown up in California, if I hadnt been exposed to its very particular blend of beauty and disaster, of danger and denial. – Karen Thompson Walker
Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God. – Felix Mendelssohn
I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasnt 500 channels so there was a thing for a librarian to teach a kid like me about reading. I started reading early and I read all the time, because I love it. – Harvey Weinstein
The man form is higher than the angel form of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom. – Paramahansa Yogananda