Minuskin Nib Quotes & Sayings

I should ask if it was good for you," Miles murmured, "but given that evidently you acquired the answer to life, the universe, and everything, it must have been-excuse the word-cosmic. — Rowan Speedwell

Performance is done for the sight and approval of others. Service is done knowing that God is watching and approving whether or not anyone else is. Performance causes us to be enslaved to others' opinions, unable to say no, and prone to being overworked. Service frees us to do what God wants, thereby saying no as needed. Performance presses us toward perfectionism, where we seek to do everything just right so others will praise us. Service allows us to do our best, knowing that God's appreciation of us is secure regardless of our performance. Performance causes us to focus on the "big" things and only do what is highly visible or significant. Service allows us to do simple, humble, and menial tasks - the "little things" - knowing that the peasant Jewish carpenter we worship equally appreciates them both. — Mark Driscoll

Bradenton reminded him of an old farmer, walking the perimeter of his property every day, testing the fences and peering suspiciously at his neighbors, making sure that his side and their side were clearly delineated. It had taken Oliver years to learn his lesson: keep quiet and let men like Bradenton test the fences. It wouldn't do them any good, and if you were careful, one day you'd be in a position to buy their whole damned farm. And so Oliver held his tongue and smiled. — Courtney Milan

I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly. — Hal Linden

That was the thing about secrets-you had to carry them with you forever, no matter what the cost. — Kass Morgan

Dad shakes his head. "Nope. His name start with an F." He snaps his fingers. "Floyd. That's it. When I picked you up from school, I overheard you say how much you like him, and miss him, and . . ." Then my brother and I start laughing so hard we practically hyperventilate. Dad shrugs. "What? I know I'm clueless, but you've got to tell me what's so funny." "Floyd is Karma's phone," says Toby, who's clutching his stomach because he's laughing so hard. My — Hillary Homzie

The psychology of fashion is interesting because we're selling people something they don't really need. We're just selling them something that makes them feel good. Besides, there is nothing really new in fashion. Everything worth doing has been done before. — Leon Max

He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly. — Kahlil Gibran

The preparations for working put him simultaneously in the right frame of mind for creating ... that collectedness and presence of mind ... the right frame of mind for the artist is only reached when the preparing and the creating, the technical and the artistic, the material and the spiritual, the project and the object, flow together without a break. — Eugen Herrigel

Stop twisting what I'm saying. It's not how you start, it's where you end up. This is where we are now and it's worth fighting for. — Kate Meader

You are so good. So good, you're always feeling so much. And sometimes it feels like you're gonna bust wide open from all the feeling, doesn't it? People like you are the best in the world, but you sure do suffer for it. — Silas House

Not only teachers, but all commonplace persons in authority,
desire in their subordinates that kind of uniformity
which makes their actions easily predictable and never inconvenient.
The result is that they crush initiative and individuality
when they can, and when they cannot, they quarrel with it. — Bertrand Russell

I am a sucker for romance and I love girls and that is a terrible combination, because romance has the ability to overwhelm your perspective. — Joshua Harris

I am sorry for what has happened and I know that I need some help. — Susan Smith