Quote of the Day: Dangerous Creativity

“…creativity is dangerous. We cannot open ourselves to new insight without endangering the security of our prior assumptions. We cannot propose new ideas without risking disapproval and rejection. Creative achievement is the boldest initiative of mind, an adventure that takes its hero simultaneously to the rim of knowledge and the limits of propriety. Its pleasure is not the comfort of a safe harbor, but the thrill of the reaching sail.” -Robert Grudin in The Grace of Great Things

http://blog.lifemanifestos.com/willing-to-live/ *
Thanks Janette!





*The first quote by Lenin in this article is not a complete quote, but rather, someone condensed it, therefore the quote is incomplete.  

Quote of the Day: (Lake) Wobegon Faith

I was listening to  Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion podcast (that's the way I roll) this morning when Keillor ended the broadcast from Lake Wobegon stating, "Martin Luther once said, ~Your laughter is the measure of your faith.~"
I like that a lot.  I recently read an article from Malcolm Gladwell about how he rediscovered faith. The article resonated with me.  As someone with Mennonite roots several generations back,  I find the Mennonite's concept of faith and love fascinating, even if I'm a lazy scholar in regards to the Anabaptists.  

Quote of the Day

"What do you wish you were?
Do you wish you were the light of every star?
Nobody Knows, but maybe that's just what you are."

---Patty Griffin

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In Rolling Stone this week, a fascinating article about the "poorest" rich kids in the world appears.  These kids, from the Duke family (think Doris Duke and Duke University) were completely neglected and abused until a few years ago.  Now 15, they may or not be able to move on and lead productive lives.  Here's the quote from the author of the piece:

"You need not be shaped by your past, but rather the path ahead can be forged solely by your own actions, starting now." Sabrina Rubin Erdely

"The Poorest Rich Kids in the World" Why did the heirs to one of the largest fortunes in America grow up horribly neglected and abused?

Quote of the Day

Outrage is like a lot of other things that feel good but over time devour
us from the inside out. And it’s even more insidious than most vices because we
don’t even consciously acknowledge that it’s a pleasure. We prefer think of it
as a disagreeable but fundamentally healthy involuntary reaction to negative
stimuli thrust upon us by the world we live in, like pain or nausea, rather than
admit that it’s a shameful kick we eagerly indulge again and again.

http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/isnt-it-outrageous/

Quote of the Day

Despite all my inner crumblings,
I'm still able to recognize a perfect day:
sea without shadow,
sky without wrinkles,
air hovering over me like a blessing.

Excerpt from "Summer X-Rays" by Nina Cassian


Thanks Dainon!

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Quote of the Day

"Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. And you can be that servant." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.