Mikel Quotes & Sayings

On occasion we say to ourselves, panting, 'Gosh, life is racing by.' But that's not it at all, it's the contrary: life is still. It is we who are racing by. — Yann Martel

For the spectator does not see space, he sees the objects and events; he does not perceive the coordinates with the same cyclopean eye of the camera. With his entire body, desires, and fantasies, he perceives the existential dimensions by which the world is organized. — Mikel Dufrenne

It was the teaching itself that I loved. At least, I loved it back when I thought it would be enough to change things. — Brandon Sanderson

Every time you worry that you could get trapped in some kind of work you don't care about, you're dealing with the problem of meaningfulness. I guarantee that in the back of your mind is the thought that somehow you have to make a contribution to something, be acknowledged, do something that matters
or you're just fooling around. — Barbara Sher

Content has no economic value unless it's shared and it's acted on. — Mark Schaefer

How shall I raise dead men up to plow fields that are fallow? How shall I plant young olive trees?"

Mikel smiled, and it was a beautiful smile. "One tree at a time," He said. — Jo Graham

The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government. — Ayn Rand