quotes about Lanterns

“So when you enjoy the beats, the rock music - maybe even toned down with an orchestra - you are enjoying the spirit of the black race. And that's what I emphasize to the students.”

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”

“I can remember playing under the big wooden desk in his office. My mother didn't like us to chew gum, so we'd go into his office, and he'd feed us gum under the desk.”

“Poverty is, except where there is an actual want of food and raiment, a thing much more imaginary than real. The shame of poverty--the shame of being thought poor--it is a great and fatal weakness, though arising in this country, from the fashion of the times themselves.”

Source : William Cobbett (2016). “Advice to Young Men - And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.”, p.39, Read Books Ltd

“The best title of the [professing] church of God today, in my judgment, is 'Unbelieving Believers.'”

“I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.”

“Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.”

“Selfish isn't a dirty word. It means we take care of ourselves and are able to give back.”

“Life is full of alternatives but no choice.”

Source : Patrick White (2011). “The Aunt's Story”, p.137, Random House

“What we heard loud and clear is that the Battle Between the Sexes is over. It was a draw. Now we're engaged in Negotiation Between the Sexes.”