Apertura Telescopes Quotes & Sayings

The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift. — C.S. Lewis

Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment. — Amy Carmichael

The problem is that most of us hated school. His fallacy was much the same as progressivism's: the assumption that if he could just explain the facts clearly, build a convincing enough argument, eventually everyone would come around to his conclusion. But people aren't interested in lectures; they want to hear stories. Which is why the right holds the demagogic advantage over the left in America; they tell a simpler, more satisfying story. — Tim Kreider

High-end boutiques aren't putting small staple stores out of business. What's putting small staple stores out of business is formula retail. — Chicken John

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass. — Eric Liu

Shallow ecology is anthropocentric, or human-centred. It views humans as above or outside nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental, or 'use', value to nature. Deep ecology does not separate humans - or anything else - from the natural environment. It does see the world not as a collection of isolated objects but as a network of phenomena that are fundamentally interconnected and interdependent. Deep ecology recognizes the intrinsic value of all human beings and views humans as just one particular strand in the web of life. — Fritjof Capra

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. — Abraham Lincoln

Whenever I get depressed, I raise my hemlines. If things don't change, I am bound to be arrested. — Calista Flockhart

He enables [his children] to walk before him; he holds their hand in difficulties; he himself carries them along in hardships that he sees as being otherwise unbearable to them. — Francis De Sales

The present moment dies every moment to become the past , is reborn every moment into the future. All experience is now. Now never ends. — Deepak Chopra

Don't let the love for one, devour that for all (Fulia) — Joost Uitdehaag

If you go to the workplace thinking that you are a mere employee, you can only be an employee. If you go with an Entrepreneur consciousness, you can definitely become an Entrepreneur — Rajasaraswathii

There's disgust with what people called a broken political system, and they're really angry at elites, whether it's the Republican establishment or particularly the media who they feel look down on them, tell them they're bigots. — Mara Liasson