Quotes for Quote-Lovers

If you keep a quote journal, you’ll like these recent favorites I’ve discovered.

shadow1“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.” — James Baldwin

“The way to find your own North Star is not to think or feel your way forward but to dissolve the thoughts and feeling that make you miserable.  You don’t have to
learn your destiny–you already know it; you just have to unlearn the thoughts that blind you to what you know.”    –Martha Beck

“Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.”   — Aldo Leopold

“We can’t save ourselves from fear by seeking safety, because safety always means there’s something to be safe from—in other words, something to fear. The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.”  –Martha Beck

“There’s the story, then there’s the real story, then there’s the story of how the flowershadowstory came to be told. Then there’s what you leave out of the story. Which is part of the story too.” –Margaret Atwood

—Quinn McDonald watches shadows for the beauty they throw.