Brain Pickings Growth Quotes

#1. Every man is a plastic artist who must determine things for himself.

Joseph Beuys

#2. Any heart turned Godward feels more joyIn one short hour of prayer, than e'er was raisedBy all the feasts of earth since its foundation.

Philip James Bailey

#3. At times, said the founder of the Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed to reach into the clouds and take out the thunderbolts.

Harold Holzer

#4. Ninth grade is a minor inconvenience to him. A zit-cream commercial before the Feature Film of Life.

Laurie Halse Anderson

#5. He was not sure what he had been expecting. Outstanding beauty, or stunning grace, or something that struck him instantly to the heart. But Ankran's family were an ordinary-looking pair. Most people are, of course, to those that don't know them.

Joe Abercrombie

#6. I would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing.

Kara Hayward

#7. For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

John

#8. You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.

David Byrne