Quotes of Simeon Strunsky

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People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.

- Simeon Strunsky

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“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ The only shortcut I have found to life is to sharpen my teeth on the bones of the wise. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

“ Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Sitting too long produces trees. ”

- Lorin MorganRichards

“ It’s not bragging if you can back it up. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again. ”

- Rick Riordan

“ Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life. ”

- Charles F. Glassman

“ God's plans for you are always good and purposeful. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back. ”

- Marissa Meyer

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ Be supportive of others the way you would want them to be supportive of you. ”

- Ken Poirot

“ I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going! ”

- Laura Lynch

“ It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever. ”

- John Bytheway

“ Changing a Habit is Never Difficult. Difficult is to Address Your Unwillingness to do it ”

- Vineet Raj Kapoor

“ It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams. ”

- Jocelyn Soriano

“ My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don't settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be... Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon... Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purity, who will not settle for less than a temple marriage, and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles for the Lord now and throughout eternity. ”

- Ezra

“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. ”

- Alexander Graham Bell

“ Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Fear lies. Save love. ”

- Arif Naseem