We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?
Ernest GainesRead
Everything's been said, but it needs saying again.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of reiterating ideas that may already be known, but are still relevant.
Ernest Gaines suggests that while knowledge and insights may already exist, they often require repetition to fully resonate and remind people of their significance. This speaks to the human tendency to overlook valuable lessons unless they are frequently articulated, reinforcing the notion that communication and expression are vital for understanding and retaining wisdom.
In practice
In a motivational seminar, to emphasize the importance of core messages.
We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?
I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.
...my heart may have been in it but my soul was not.
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.
The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?
None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will.
To recognize one's own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence.
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.
I'm encouraging you to know what you're worth. And know that no matter who has more money in class, who has more stuff, who has a country house - nobody is worth more than anybody else.
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.
When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images and say, 'No, the brain God gave you is intended to throw fuel on the fire of your affections for God. It's really good at it if you let it.'
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