{"quotes":[{"text":"Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","adolescent","adolescents","adult","adulthood","adults","africa","african","ancient","aphorism","aphorisms","axiom","axioms","child","children","dead","death","deep","dependence","dependent","develop","developing","development","dictum","dictums","epigram","epigrams","existence","four-stages-of-life","funny","gnome","gnomes","grandparent","grandparents","grow","growing","growth","humor","humorous","humour","immortal","immortality","independence","independent","infant","infants","insightful","life","made-me-think","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","mortal","mortality","newborn","newborns","old","old-age","old-age-home","old-age-homes","phase","phases","philosopher","prepubescent","process","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","retire","retired","retiree","retirees","retirement","satire","satirical","satirist","satirists","saying","sayings","senile","senility","south-africa","south-african","stage","stages","stages-of-life","teenage","teenager","teenagers","thought-provoking","thoughtful","young","youth","youths"],"id":6452,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Independence' is a magic word, because nowhere in the Cosmos does it actually exist.","author":"Gabriel Brunsdon","tags":["dependent","independence","independent","magic"],"id":8846,"author_id":"Gabriel+Brunsdon"},{"text":"The Holy Spirit’s desire is that we become more and more dependent upon Him for every step. That’s because He wants to take us to places we’ve never been before. To heights we can’t even imagine!","author":"Stormie Omartian","tags":["dependent","desire","god","holy-spirit","inspiration","love","motivation","prayer"],"id":12149,"author_id":"Stormie+Omartian"},{"text":"The child is brought up to know its social duties by means of a system of love-rewards and punishments, and in this way it is taught that its security in life depends on its parents (and, subsequently, other people) loving it and being able to believe in its love for them.","author":"Sigmund Freud","tags":["child","dependent","love","parent","punishment","reward","security","social-duties","system","trust"],"id":17804,"author_id":"Sigmund+Freud"},{"text":"But with each step she took, Mythili realized why most people don’t go shopping alone. It’s because this mind of ours gets pretty damn busy. It starts analyzing every little stimulus you receive. And because you don’t have another human being walking next to you distracting you from all the little stuff you should be ignoring, your mind takes it upon itself to provide you with companionship and talk you through your life.","author":"Shweta Ganesh Kumar","tags":["dependent","guilt","humour","shopping"],"id":19346,"author_id":"Shweta+Ganesh+Kumar"},{"text":"Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.","author":"B. H. Liddell Hart","tags":["support","kind","dependent "],"id":28462,"author_id":"B.+H.+Liddell+Hart"},{"text":"Employment will fail you someday.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["blessing","dependence","dependent","employment","finance","independence","job","jobless","life","money","purpose","untrustworthy","work"],"id":53269,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Nothing should enslave you. Be dependent only on one person – Jesus Christ.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["dependent","enslave","jesus","person"],"id":55238,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"The rise or fall, success or failure of your dreams is largely dependent on the association you build yourself around.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["associates","association","big-dreams","companion","companions","companionship","depend","dependency","dependent","dream","dreams","failure","fall","food-for-thought","friendship","israelmore-ayivor","leaders","leadership","martin-luther","martin-luther-king","martin-luther-king-jr","people-friends","relationship","rise","rise-and-fall","success","success-and-failure","you-can-rise"],"id":67383,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"It is wrong to be dependent on the body-complex [pudgal]. One should depend only on the Soul.","author":"Dada Bhagwan","tags":["atma","being-dependent","body-complex","depend","dependent","pudgal","self","soul","spiritual","spiritual"],"id":74205,"author_id":"Dada+Bhagwan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":44,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}