We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. – John Locke
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the Devil; for which reason I have, long since, as good as renounced it. – Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book II, chapter 4
I certainly wasnt happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you cant earn, and cant keep, and often dont even recognize at the time I mean joy. – Ursula K. Le Guin
Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness. – Charlotte Davis Kasl
