{"quotes":[{"text":"You might say that S. Has only himself to blame, that it is entirely his choice to fight this fight, to live a life of vigilant somnolence or somnolent vigilantism, to allow himself to be satisfied with Sola in the margins of his manuscripts instead of in his arms, and you might be right. But you ought to understand, too, that there's an attrition that takes place inside, one in which options and choices and even desires are ground ever smaller until finally their existence can no longer be confirmed by observation or weight or displacement but only by faith. Until desire is a ghost.","author":"Doug Dorst","tags":["attrition","choices","desire","life-choices","options","sacrifice"],"id":13253,"author_id":"Doug+Dorst"},{"text":"You can't fail when it is not an option.","author":"Debasish Mridha","tags":["can-t-fail","debasish-mridha","debasish-mridha-m-d","fail","inspirational","options","philosophy","quotes"],"id":14716,"author_id":"Debasish+Mridha"},{"text":"To eat in a monastery refectory is an exercise in humility; daily, one is reminded to put communal necessity before individual preference. While consumer culture speaks only to preferences, treating even whims as needs to be granted (and the sooner the better), monastics sense that this pandering to delusions of self-importance weakens the true self, and diminishes our ability to distinguish desires from needs. It's a price they're not willing to pay.","author":"Kathleen Norris","tags":["cereal","community","consumerism","humility","options","preference","self-centered"],"id":27457,"author_id":"Kathleen+Norris"},{"text":"No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["acceptance","army","choice","choices","diversity","focus","options","others","people","perspective","power","soldiers","strategizing","strategy","tactics","tolerance","troops","united","units","unity"],"id":49748,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"A generation is not defined by the options it has but by the choices it makes.","author":"Sharanya Haridas","tags":["choices","generation","history","options"],"id":51975,"author_id":"Sharanya+Haridas"},{"text":"Blindness is a choice born of fear, nursed by complacency and groomed by comfort. And what I often don’t see in my blindness is that 'choice' evidences the existence of other options.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["blind","blindness","choice","comfort","complacency","dark","fear","groomed","nursed","options"],"id":53868,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["sometimes","options","always "],"id":65959,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"The ignoramus crow of 'love it or leave it' omits other viable options, such as staying and changing it.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["decision-making","decisions","options","risk-taking"],"id":69909,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"There is the right way and a million other ways. Eliminating the other options prevents limiting your results.","author":"Kyle Barger","tags":["choices","decide","decisions","million","options","path","question","results"],"id":72020,"author_id":"Kyle+Barger"},{"text":"Happiness is gleaned from a source, which can be attributed to all experiences; it can be found wherever the individual does not mind forfeiting the option, for some sense of control.","author":"Justin K. McFarlane Beau","tags":["attributes","choice","control","easy","forfeit","free-flowing","happiness","light","natural","options","simplicity","source"],"id":73116,"author_id":"Justin+K.+McFarlane+Beau"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":65,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}