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Death

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

No one has yet believed in God and the kingdom of heaven, no one has heard about his realm of the resurrected, and not been homesick from that hour, waiting and looking forward jo … ▶

The people are urged to be patriotic ... by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience and readiness to kill father, mother, … ▶

Igor Stravinsky

Good composers don't borrow, they steal

Hope

You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.

Ellen DeGeneres

Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw every single week on the wall at Sunday school was the Golden Rule: Do unto others … ▶

Pierre Corneille

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed. ✨ Polyeucte. Play by Pierre Corneille, act I, scene i, 1642.

Humanity

Spider Robinson

To be human : to strive in the face of the certainty of failure. ✨ Spider Robinson (2013). The Crazy Years, p.148, BenBella Books, Inc.

Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple touching of flesh is taken entire … ▶

Condoleezza Rice

Search for role models you can look up to and people who take an interest in your career. But here's an important warning: you don't have to have mentors who look like you. Had I … ▶

Humor

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind.

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and fi … ▶

Life

Life imitates art but art intimidates life.

By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects tha … ▶

Soon I worked during twelve years in theater works of the prestigious Theatre National Populaire. It was the best time of my life, the most difficult, the most interesting, the mo … ▶

Love

No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel. ✨ Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2013). The Heart of the New Thought: The Secret Edition - Open Your Heart to the Re … ▶

No one is contented in this world, I believe. There is always something left to desire, and the last thing longed for always seems the most necessary to happiness. ✨ Marie Corelli … ▶

Philosophy

Chogyam Trungpa

The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize what we are, who we are, why we are, then we begin to realize … ▶

In its sacredness, families get together to (unintentionally?) celebrate one genocide (against Native Americans) by committing another (against turkeys).

This world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it. ✨ Sarah Kay's Way with Words. On Being with Krista Tippet … ▶

Politics

After you've done it for so many years, you have to find a new direction. You have to find something in your soul that's going to push you towards - to find your inspiration.

Unlike water or wine or even Coca-Cola, sweet tea means something. It is a tell, a tradition. Sweet tea isn't a drink, really. It's culture in a glass.

There was no working title for the album. The record-jacket designer said `When I think of the group, I always think of power and force. There's a definite presence there.' That w … ▶

Reading

The people of Maine were tired of being in debt and tired of being overtaxed. ✨ Gov. LePage: We're Fixing Problems in Maine. Interview with Stuart Varney, www.foxnews.com. Ju … ▶

Kenneth Copeland

God's on the outside looking in. He doesn't have any legal entree into the earth. The thing don't belong to Him. You see how sassy the Devil was in the presence of God in the book … ▶

David Foster Wallace

The new rebels might be artists willing to risk the yawn, the rolled eyes, the cool smile, the nudged ribs, the parody of gifted ironists, the ‘Oh how banal.’ ✨ David Foster Walla … ▶

Reflection

Hunter S. Thompson

All gamblers lose regularly, but they rarely discuss it in public. Losing is bad for the image, dude. Nobody buys Hot Tips from Losers. Remember that. ✨ Hunter S. Thompson (2012). … ▶

At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.

Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what … ▶

Sadness

George Matheson

My God, I have never thanked Thee for my 'thorn!' I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but never once for my 'thorn;' I have been looking forward to a world where I … ▶

Potential unexpressed turns to pain. ✨ FaceBook post byRobin Sharma from Mar 31, 2014

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. ✨ As quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, December 20, 1984.

Thought

The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of mind; that it banishes brains, it sanctifies stupi … ▶

When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.

Queen Elizabeth II

I hope people will think very carefully about the future. ✨ Queen hopes Scottish independence voters will 'think carefully about future' by Nicholas Watt, Severin Carrel … ▶

Time

The more deeply you understand other people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on … ▶

I reached a time in college when I didn't know what I wanted to do. At that time, women's careers were essentially nursing, secretarial and teaching. My mother advised me to get m … ▶

Healing depends on listening with the inner ear - stopping the incessant blather, and listening. Fear keeps us chattering - fear that wells up from the past, fear of blurting out … ▶

Truth

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done. ✨ O Captain! My Captain! l. 1 (1871)

Someone once noted that a 'gaffe' in Washington is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. ✨ Civilization Envy by Jonah Goldberg, www.nationalreview.com. September 28, 200 … ▶

Marshall B. Rosenberg

The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understa … ▶