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9268d1c He thought about his long life and gave thanks for all the bounty and joy that he had been given. To want more, to wish for yet more, he knew, would be petty. He sighed happily, and listened to the wind sweeping down from the mountains, to the chirping of night birds. inspirational reflection-on-life Khaled Hosseini
6e1d8bc ...because I went to London on my own, and because I went to solved the mystery of Who Killed Wellington? and I found my mother and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything. confidence imaginative inspirational Mark Haddon
86c40ad " ," Balder murmurs from the backseat, his eyes still closed. "I looked upon your face and knew happiness." Without further warning, the sky opens up and cries." happiness inspirational libba-bray love Libba Bray
c43a307 The trouble with good fortune is that people tend to equate it with personal goodness, so that if things are going well for us and as well for others, we think they must have done something to have brought it on themselves. We speak of ourselves as being blessed, what but what can that mean except that others are not blessed, and that God has picked out a few of us to love more? It is our responsibility to care for one another, to create fairness in the face of unfairness, and to find equality where none may have existed in the past. inequality inspirational poverty Ann Patchett
caa04ea To be a poet, I realized, a true poet, was to become the Avatar of humanity incarnate; to accept the mantle of poet is to carry the cross of the Son of Man, to suffer the birth pangs of the Soul-Mother of Humanity. inspirational poetry Dan Simmons
f0bea1b For it cannot be denied that all over the world and in all ages there are beings who are perceived to be extraordinary, charming, and appealing, and whom many honor as benevolent spirits, because they make one think of a more beautiful, a freer, a more winged life than the one we lead. extraordinary free hermann-hesse hesse inspirational life metamorphoses pictor-s Hermann Hesse
9f5aa25 Vasudeva listened with great attention. Listening carefully, he let everything enter his mind, birthplace and childhood, all that learning, all that searching, all joy, all distress. This was among the ferryman's virtues one of the greatest: like only a few, he knew how to listen. Without him having spoken a word, the speaker sensed how Vasudeva let his words enter his mind, quiet, open, waiting, how he did not lose a single one, awaited not a single one with impatience, did not add his praise or rebuke, was just listening. Siddhartha felt, what a happy fortune it is, to confess to such a listener, to burry in his heart his own life, his own search, his own suffering. inspirational listener thoughts Hermann Hesse
a5baabc I feel obligated to point out, though, that I have always been a sucker for ideas I find aesthetically pleasing. The cosmic sweep of the thing - an interstellar kula chain - affirming the differences and at the same time emphasizing the similarities of all the intelligent races in the galaxy - tying them together, building common traditions... The notion strikes me as kind of fine. democracy difference globalization ideas inspirational Roger Zelazny
e0a1e0f Collins and Morales represent a segment of society which, if attacked with the weapons society sanctions, one finds buffered by innumerable layers of law, bureaucracy, lies, evasions. They rest secure within their palaces, confident that they possess defenses against all possible attacks within the rules of the game, yet willing to violate those rules themselves. ... We both know that although it is not listed in the rules, a player can end the game by kicking over the board and throttling his opponent. bureaucracy inspirational revolution Roger Zelazny
68957ad But some things did not change... Courage, for instance. Dedication to a cause. Comradeship. When they were strong and pure, when they came from deep in the bone, those qualities could hold fast against all odds. courage dedication inspirational Juliet Marillier
ab93ed2 When we say that this definition of good and evil is objective, what we mean is that it is as objective as we can be at this time, and to the best of our knowledge about the universe. This definition is based on what we know about how the universe works. It is not based on the revealed wisdom of any one faith or political movement. It is common to the best principles of all of them, but it is based on what we know rather than what we believe. In that sense, it is objective. Of course, what we know about the universe, and our place in it, is constantly changing as we add more information and gain new insights. We are never perfectly objective about anything, that is true, but we can be less objective, or we can be more objective. inspirational philosophy science Gregory David Roberts
8b23332 And so, there in the penitentiary, Juan's education began. He didn't want to be a puto weakling, so he worked hard at learning to read. His earthly body was locked up, but his mind was set free as a young eagle soaring through the heavens. freedom inspirational reading reading-motivation Victor Villaseñor
917797f I want you to know that if I could've stayed with you I would have. I fought as hard as I could. I will never understand why I had to be taken from you so soon, but I have accepted it. Yet I want you to know that there is nothing more important to me than you. I loved you from the moment I saw you. And the happiest day of my life was when you agreed to share your life with mine. I promised that I would always be there for you. And my love for you is so strong that even though I won't be there physically, I will be there in every other way. I will watch over you. I will be there if you need to talk. I will never stop loving you. Not even death is powerful enough to overcome my feelings for you. My love for you, Lizzie, is stronger than anything. inspirational life love marriage powerful David Baldacci
9b8251b But I know nothing; my future is a wide-open vista, leading to an unknown country - The Rest Of My Life. inspirational knowledge life Kate Atkinson
b999460 I swear to you that I am not quite such an ass as I like to appear sometimes, although I am rather an ass, I admit. evgenie inspirational the-idiot Fyodor Dostoyevsky
0a00dcd "lm 'kn '`rf kyf 'kwn 'y shy! lm 'stT` 'n 'kwn Hqwdan 'w Tyb lqlb, wl ndhlan 'w 'mynan, wl bTlan 'w Hshr@. nny '`ysh Hyty lan fy hdhh lzwy@, mhynan nfsy bmws@ Hqd@ Gyr mjdy@ ttmthl fy qwly lh: " an, w , ldhy ." inspirational life-philosophy life-truths phylosophy sad-but-true ugly-truths Fyodor Dostoyevsky
8b37942 Why do you haunt me? You, like a tattoo on my tongue, like the bay leaf at the bottom of every pan. You who sprawled out beside me and sang my horoscope to a Schubert symphony, something about travel and money again, and we lay there, both of our breaths bad, both of our underwear dangling elastic, and then you turned toward me with a gaze like two matches, putting the horoscope aside, you traced my buried ribs with your index finger, lingered at my collarbone, admiring it as one might a flying buttress, murmuring: Nice clavicle. And me, too new at it and scared, not knowing what to say, whispering: You should see my ten-speed. inspirational love sarcasm Lorrie Moore
bcfe46e Seeking God first will always put us in the correct position and aim us in the right direction to move into the future God has for us. future-inspirational god inspirational uplifting Stormie Omartian
194881e "Sometimes I like to compare people who don't like women to vegetarians." "Interesting analogy, and I do like the way your mind works, so lay it on me." He opened the door and waved her in. "If God had meant for people to be vegetarians, a good steak wouldn't taste so divine. Following that line of thinking, neither would a woman." inspirational lesbian love religion Ali Vali
b33a883 The memory of the pain did not destroy the reality of the pleasure; grief did not obliterate joy. inspirational joy memories memory pain past-and-present pleasure reality Orson Scott Card
b11e9c9 We write history with our feet and with our presece and our collective voice and vision. And yet, of course, everything in the mainstream media suggests that popular resistance is ridiculous, pointless, or criminal, unless it is far away, was long ago, or, ideally, both. These are the forces that prefer the giant remain asleep. history inspirational politics Rebecca Solnit
f285331 Energy manipulation took place completely in mind,same way believing in telepathy caused telepathic abilities to grow STRONGER. art chakras christina-westover energy-manipulation fiction imagination inspirational jack-kerouac literature poetry san-francisco telepathist telepathy Christina Westover
162d6c7 Commands are no constraints. constraints inspirational John Milton
50c191c All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about. fate inspirational John Milton
7433171 Se escrevo o que sinto e porque assim diminuo a febre de sentir. inspirational Fernando Pessoa
5615fb5 O mundo esta apodrecendo. A Igreja e corrupta e os reis sao fracos. Cabe a nos fazer um mundo novo, amado por Deus, mas para faze-lo temos de destruir o velho. Temos de tomar o poder e depois dar o poder a Deus. E por isso que estamos lutando. fight inspirational Bernard Cornwell
380f85a No believer is a bad believer. inspirational Mohsin Hamid
cf0961e I'm not talking about the blood ecstasy. I'm talking about my being able to fill that emotion void she has. You know her as well as I do, maybe better. She aches with it. She needs to be accepted for who she is so badly. And I was able to do that. Do you know good that felt? To be able to show someone that, yes, you are someone worth sacrificing for? That you like them for their faults and that you respect them for their ability to rise above them? acceptance-of-others friendship friendship-true-and-loyal inspirational love self-esteem self-esteem-or-lack-thereof Kim Harrison
dd484dc "Poetry, I tell my students, is idiosyncratic. Poetry is where we are ourselves, (though Sterling Brown said "Every 'I' is a dramatic 'I'") digging in the clam flats for the shell that snaps, emptying the proverbial pocketbook. Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get from here to there. Poetry (and now my voice is rising) is not all love, love, love and I'm sorry the dog died. Poetry (here I hear myself loudest) is the human voice, and are we not of interest to each other?" inspirational love poetry social-media Elizabeth Alexander
ff82a11 When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. resilience inspirational Sheryl Sandberg
8baf5fe "Inertia. Guy's law of enchantment: "People at rest will remain at rest, and people in motion will keep moving in the same direction unless an outside enchanter acts upon them." inspirational people Guy Kawasaki
db4f042 You'll always get out of life what you put in-and you control what you put in. inspirational life-changing self-help Brian Tracy
5af23f4 I often wish I could go back in time and tell my young, anxious self that my dreams weren't in vain and my sorrows weren't permanent. I can't do that, but I can do something better. I can tell you that teachers are all around to help you; with four legs or two or eight or even none; some with internal skeletons, some without. All you have to do is recognize them as teachers and be ready to hear their truths. how-to-be-a-good-creature inspirational learning love-for-animals self-growth Sy Montgomery
ac5c969 It's very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed twenty-two, you'd always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it. aging growth inspirational mitch-albom tuesdays-with-morrie Mitch Albom
cc3b5ea Heaven . . . is the same feeling. . . . No fear. No dark. When you know you are loved . . . that's the light. fear heaven inspirational light love Mitch Albom
fde45fa They teach you, as children, that you might go to heaven. They never teach you that heaven might come to you. heaven hope inspirational love-story Mitch Albom
a86d12f "I will say little more. Cugel, you have small acquaintance with the trade, but I take it as a good sign that you have come to me for training, since my nethods are not soft. You will learn or you will drown, or suffer a blow of the flukes, or worse, incur my displeasure. But you have started well and I will teach you well. Never think me harsh, or over-bearing; you will be in self-defeating error! I am stern, yes, even severe, but in the end, when I acknowledge you a worminger, you will thank me." "Good news indeed," muttered Cugel" inspirational Jack Vance
8dc0200 La historia ha confirmado la triste verdad de que las masas irracionales siempre se han alineado detras del poderoso y no del sabio. inspirational George R.R. Martin
e77af03 There is heroism to be found in great battles, it is true; warriors with stable knees who fight and know that they will die for an idea or for the safety of loved ones back home. But there are also people who spend their entire adulthood at a soulless job they despise to make sure their children have something to eat that night so that one day those kids may lead better, more fulfilling lives than their parents. The warrior and the worker both make sacrifices. Who, then, is more heroic? Can any of us judge? I don't think I'm qualified. I'll let history decide. But I do not think we should leave it all up to warriors and rulers to speak to the future. heroes inspirational Kevin Hearne
2a7151c Numai moartea e o forta la fel de absoluta, dar in lupta de veacuri dintre aceste doua puteri, dragostea este cea care ia moartea de gat, ii pune genunchiul in piept, o bate ziua si noaptea, o invinge in fiecare primavara, o urmareste pas cu pas si-n fiecare groapa pe care aceasta o sapa, dragostea arunca samanta unei vieti noi. fight ideal inspirational love Henryk Sienkiewicz
1aa9999 Listen: You can't short-circuit the learning process. It takes time to get to the top, and that's good-because by the time you get there, you'll have learned what you need to know in order to stay there. inspirational learn lesson Maria Shriver
0fd1bc4 Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. advice bruce-lee inspirational Timothy Ferriss
fac59e4 ADAZhIO ,,Svetlinata si sveti nav'n ot sutrin do vecher, bez da s'znava, che e svetlina. Visokite d'rveta vdishvat tishina, bez da e nuzhno da diriat d'lbokata s'shchnost na d'rvesinata. Pustite stepi se izliagat po gr'b i protiagat snaga do bezkrai, bez da se pitat za patosa na svoiata pustota. Podvizhni pias'tsi prosto se dvizhat, ne misliat za nishcho, dokoga, nak'de. Tsialoto tova udivitelno s'shchestvuvanie e udivitelno, bez to samoto da e udiveno. Chervenata luna prilicha na raztsepeno oko, progaria mraka na nebeto, bez da se chuvstva iznenadana ot svoita samota. I kotka dreme na ogradata. Spi, disha. Tolkoz. Viat'r't ne spira noshch sled noshch, dukha nad gori i planini. Vikhri se bezspir. I dukha. Ne se zamislia i ne se oplakva. Samo ti, o, tlenna pl't, pishesh tsiala noshch i triesh, t'rsish smis'l i prichina da popravish. inspirational zen Amos Oz
e3841d0 Chamberlain raised his saber, let loose the shout that was the greatest sound he could make, boiling the yell up from his chest: Fix bayonets! Charge! Fix bayonets! Charge! Fix bayonets! Charge! He leaped down from the boulder, still screaming, his voice beginning to to crack and give, and all around him his men were roaring animal screams, and he saw the whole Regiment rising and pouring over the wall and beginning to bound down through the dark bushes, over the dead and dying wounded, hats coming off, hair flying, mouths making sounds, one man firing as he ran, the last bullet, last round. civil-war civil-war-fiction drama gallantry history inspirational war warrior Michael Shaara
dcd0305 Praying always means praying through things and not giving up. It means being ever-watchful and persevering in prayer in order to see breakthrough. God wants us to be persistent in our praying. Don't forget to spend some quiet time praying to your Heavenly Father today. inspirational motivational persistent prayer time Stormie Omartian
229c5e4 There's so much to be grateful for, and praising God for giving you His Spirit is a great place to begin. Even if you don't think you have much to be grateful for right now, know that you can always praise God for the Holy Spirit's presence in your life! grateful holy-spirit inspirational praise prayer Stormie Omartian
19c8275 When you live by God's Word, your life works. When you live without God's Word, life doesn't work. God's Word builds you up, feeds your soul, and gives you strength, direction, guidance, hope, encouragement, and faith. Remember that He gave you His Word so that you would know Him and the way He wants You to live. changes direction faith god hope inspirational prayer strength Stormie Omartian
7ee90fe He might've only been seventeen, but he knew he wanted Jenna in his life as long as he lived. inspirational love romance Karen Kingsbury
2931006 "Scott: What's the cure? Doctor: There is none. Scott: But that isn't what I heard. The optimist in me translated the gloomy news as "Scott, you will be the first person in the world to be cured of spasmodic dysphonia." And I decided that after I cured myself, somehow, someway, I would spread the word to others. I wouldn't be satisfied escaping from my prison of silence. I was planning to escape, free the other inmates, shoot the warden, and burn down the prison." inspirational Scott Adams
23323af "Khoris mellon to paron den ekhei kamia axia, einai san na men uparkhei"." greek inspirational value José Saramago
9e4915b She felt a sense that things were in order, the way they were meant to be, and that even if they tumbled down once in a while, in the end they would come back together again. inspirational positivity Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
53c98da How many miles to Babylon? Three score and ten! Can I get there by candle light? Yes, and back again? inspirational E. Nesbit
42b2869 In our choices lie our fate fiction inspirational Cornelia Funke
9932dd4 What's supposed to be and what is, are two very different things. dreams inspirational life philosophy supposed Rebecca McNutt
884428a When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that inspirational Margaret Atwood
272cb22 When someone is searching, said Siddhartha, then it might easily happen that the only thing his eyes still see is that what he searches for, that he is unable to find anything, to let anything enter his mind, because he always thinks of nothing but the object of his search, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed by the goal. Searching means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal. You, oh venerable one, are perhaps indeed a searcher, because, striving for your goal, there are many things you don't see, which are directly in front of your eyes. inspirational thoughts searching-and-finding Hermann Hesse
9000597 "The great man will come when all of us are feeling great, not when all of us are feeling small. He will ride in at some splendid moment when we all feel that we could do without him. "We are then able to answer in some manner the question, "Why have we no great men?" We have no great men chiefly because we are always looking for them. We are connoisseurs of greatness, and connoisseurs can never be great; we are fastidious, that is, we are small. "When Diogenes went about with a lantern looking for an honest man, I am afraid he had very little time to be honest himself And when anybody goes about on his hands and knees looking for a great man to worship, he is making sure that one man at any rate shall not be great. "Now, the error of Diogenes is evident. The error of Diogenes lay in the fact that he omitted to notice that every man is both an honest man and a dishonest man. Diogenes looked for his honest man inside every crypt and cavern; but he never thought of looking inside the thief." inspirational leadership G.K. Chesterton
1219e5c Todo nino es un artista que canta, baila, pinta, cuenta historias y construye castillos. Los grandes artistas son personas extranas que han logrado preservar en el fondo de su alma esa candidez sagrada de la ninez y de los hombres que llamamos primitivos, y por eso provocan la risa de los estupidos. childhood inspirational Ernesto Sabato
705c3b9 "I wanted to say something to you, before everything changes again. Because I know this is going to change everything. A good change. An abso mag change, but still. Dallas, you're the best person I know." "Are you sure you haven't had the drugs already?" Mavis gave a watery laugh. "I mean it. Leonardo, he's the sweetest, but you're the best. You do what's right, you do what matters, whatever it takes. Your the first of my family, and you really started me on the road. I wouldn't be here, wouldn't be doing this except for you." "I think Leonardo had more to do with it" Mavis grinned, rubbed her belly. "Yeah, he had the fun part. I love you. We love you." She too Eve's hand, laid it on her belly. "I wanted to tell you" "Mavis, if I didn't love you, I'd be a thousand miles from this room." eve inspirational mavis J.D. Robb
b49daf0 There's a good reason for everything, ain't there? inspirational optimism reason Rebecca McNutt
837fc03 ...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. human inspirational David Mitchell
6781170 Making yourself a corporation (or just thinking of yourself in that way) reinforces the idea of professionalism because it separates the artist-doing-the-work from the will-and-consciousness-running-the-show. inspirational Steven Pressfield
d513099 When someone insults you, even murder is forgivable? I see. What you told me is very important. You insulted that innocent old man's life. So I changed one of your guns into a banana. You should savor your last meal as best you can. inspirational Hirohiko Araki
40d9876 No one is going to admit it to you, but we're all miracles out here, every last one of us. inspirational miracle James Patterson
5cf0cca Some mornings when I wake up, it takes a long time to remember who I am. Like, it takes a while for everything that's happened in last month to download into my brain. It's nice, not knowing. Even if it's just for five minutes. inspirational sad yourself Scott Westerfeld
2aad605 ...alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging, inspirational knowledge-of-self philosophy reason values wisdom Lloyd Alexander
98bc81c Our father came to sleep in our house that night. He carried a small suitcase with a black mourning suit and a pair of polished shoes. Corrigan stopped him as he made his way up the stairs. 'Where d'you think you're going?'Our father gripped the bannister. His hands were liverspotted and I could see him trembling in his pause. 'That's not your room,' sad Corrigan. Our father tottered on the stairs. He took another step up. 'Don't,' said my brother. His voice was clear, full, confidant. Our father stood stunned. He climbed one more step and then turned, descended, looked around, lost. 'My own sons,' he said. We made a bed for him on a sofa in the living room, but even then Corrigan refused to stay under the same roof; he went walking in the direction of the city center and I wondered what alley he might be found in later that night, what fist he might walk into, whose bottle he might climb down inside. inspiration inspirational let-the-great-world-spin Colum McCann
a562923 Why, there's the air, the sky, the morning, the evening, moonlight, my friends, women, the beautiful architecture of Paris to study, three big books to write and all sorts of other things. Anaxagoras used to say that he was in the world in order to admire the sun. And then I have the good fortune to be able to spend my days from morning to night in the company of a man of genius - myself - and it's very pleasant. inspirational positive pride Victor Hugo
640d6f6 Not all men are handsome and strong. There are some who are cowards from birth. There are some who are weak by nature. There are even some who cry easily. But for such a man, a man both weak and cowardly, to bear the burden of his weakness and struggle valiantly to live a beautiful life-- that's what I call great. The reason I'm so fond of Gaston is not because he has a strong will or a good head. Rather it's because, weakling and coward that he is, he keeps on fighting in his own way. inspirational life strength weakness Shūsaku Endō
37ca647 It comes over me that I had then a strange alter ego deep down somewhere inside me, as the full-blown flower is in the small tight bud, and I just took the course, I just transferred him to the climate, that blighted him once and for ever. inspirational pyschology Henry James
df37ebf "Forrest Gander: "Maybe the best we can do is try to leave ourselves unprotected. To keep brushing off habits, how we see things and what we expect, as they crust around us. Brushing the green flies of the usual off the tablecloth. To pay attention." habit inspirational wonder Brian Christian
cc07141 They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering Wes and soft fluttery voices. But they were all made out of thin invisible steel. inspirational women Betty Smith
2125f83 A voice in the darkness said, 'You have come too far.' Arren answered it, saying, 'Only too far is far enough. inspirational Ursula K. Le Guin
f78bf1b We don't want to live in the dark moods of imponderable mystery, but neither do we want to miss them altogether. they allow us to emerge from the tender sadness of the manger to sing with the angels in the skies above... christianity inspirational Robert J. Morgan
b8951bb Welcome to the Information Jungle. inspirational sci-fi Tad Williams
a3fe208 The essence of Christian faith has come to us in story form, the story of a God who will go to any lengths to get his family back. The Bible tells of flawed people -- people just like me -- who make shockingly bad choices and yet still find themselves pursued by God. As they receive grace and forgiveness, naturally they want to give it to others, and a thread of hope and transformation weaves its way throughout the Bible's accounts. christian forgiveness inspirational Philip Yancey
ccf5f8f BROADBENT [stiffly]. Devil is rather a strong expression in that connexion, Mr Keegan. KEEGAN. Not from a man who knows that this world is hell. But since the word offends you, let me soften it, and compare you simply to an ass. [Larry whitens with anger]. BROADBENT [reddening]. An ass! KEEGAN [gently]. You may take it without offence from a madman who calls the ass his brother--and a very honest, useful and faithful brother too. The ass, sir, is the most efficient of beasts, matter-of-fact, hardy, friendly when you treat him as a fellow-creature, stubborn when you abuse him, ridiculous only in love, which sets him braying, and in politics, which move him to roll about in the public road and raise a dust about nothing. Can you deny these qualities and habits in yourself, sir? BROADBENT [goodhumoredly]. Well, yes, I'm afraid I do, you know. KEEGAN. Then perhaps you will confess to the ass's one fault. BROADBENT. Perhaps so: what is it? KEEGAN. That he wastes all his virtues--his efficiency, as you call it--in doing the will of his greedy masters instead of doing the will of Heaven that is in himself. He is efficient in the service of Mammon, mighty in mischief, skilful in ruin, heroic in destruction. But he comes to browse here without knowing that the soil his hoof touches is holy ground. Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven; and no man can touch its sod or breathe its air without becoming better or worse. It produces two kinds of men in strange perfection: saints and traitors. It is called the island of the saints; but indeed in these later years it might be more fitly called the island of the traitors; for our harvest of these is the fine flower of the world's crop of infamy. But the day may come when these islands shall live by the quality of their men rather than by the abundance of their minerals; and then we shall see. LARRY. Mr Keegan: if you are going to be sentimental about Ireland, I shall bid you good evening. We have had enough of that, and more than enough of cleverly proving that everybody who is not an Irishman is an ass. It is neither good sense nor good manners. It will not stop the syndicate; and it will not interest young Ireland so much as my friend's gospel of efficiency. BROADBENT. Ah, yes, yes: efficiency is the thing. I don't in the least mind your chaff, Mr Keegan; but Larry's right on the main point. The world belongs to the efficient. humor inspirational religion George Bernard Shaw
287095f Well... It might be a little broken.' 'A little broken is still broken,' I pointed out. 'But fixable. inspirational Laurie Halse Anderson
b988c47 However it might go, I should have no regrets. If I should be reduced to begging in the street, then I should enjoy the feel of pavement beneath my feet and the odors of asphalt and automobile exhausts. Good and bad fortune were equally attractive when viewed in such a context. Hunger was as interesting as satiety. A life without sight was as interesting as life with sight. Who was to say different? Society? The bulk of humanity? They were living their first lives, cautiously aware that someday they would die. They had everything to lose. They could not take the risks. But I had been through death, had my insides burned out by it twice. I was living a second life, freed of those cautious awarenesses. I had nothing to lose. I could take all the risks. inspirational motivational John Howard Griffin
9577535 ...you don't fully appreciate what you've got until something threatens to take it away. inspirational religious-faith spiritual Melody Carlson
0d52659 "There was a time in Africa the people could fly. Mauma told me this one night when I was ten years old. She said, "Handful, your granny-mauma saw it for herself. She say they flew over trees and clouds. She say they flew like blackbirds. When we came here, we left that magic behind." She looked at my face, how it flowed with sorrow and doubt, and she said, "You don't believe me? Where you think these shoulder blades of yours come from, girl?" We weren't some special people who had lost our magic. We were slave people, and we weren't going anywhere. It was later I saw what she meant. We could fly all right, but it wasn't any magic to it." hope inspirational magic slavery-quotes Sue Monk Kidd
842b28f We think we grow old, we grow wise and more tolerant; we just grow more lazy. inspirational john-fowles lazy older John Fowles
78fa727 Then I'll have more fun searching in vain then marrying one of the wrong sort. happiness inspirational life-philosophy marriage minset romance Erle Stanley Gardner
9632826 I was also supposed to quiz my various companions on a number of important matters such as nostalgia, fear of unknown animals, food fantasies, nocturnal emissions, hobbies, choice of radio program, changes in out look and so forth. inspirational Vladimir Nabokov
7fc4bb5 Some individuals have the courage to make it, even feel the need to do so; for them the quest is a necessity, not an option. Most people setting out on such journeys are never heard from again, but part of the romance of any field lies in keeping the dream alive, in not settling for what is familiar and comfortable. dream inspirational journey journeys leadership motivation motivational success Gino Segre
8030a68 And there was always the bend in the road! inspirational life-lessons L.M. Montgomery
9bc2e2b Jag har inget emot att do, bara inte i morgon, jag har en del jag skall gora forst. humor inspiration inspirational Astrid Lindgren
3c1b74f "There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable. But there was one who heard The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood And knew what the man belonging contentment inspirational Stephen Crane
171c2d0 One does not have to be a priest to be a man! inspirational Geraldine Brooks
a2c4f93 "Compassion dervies from the Latin patiri and the Greek pathein, meaning "to suffer, undergo or experience." So "compassion" means "to endure [something] with another person," to put ourselves in somebody else's shoes, to feel her pain as though it were our own, and to enter generously into his point of view. That is why our hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else. Compassion can be defined, therefore, as an attitude of principled, consistent altruism." compassion inspirational Karen Armstrong
0caed43 And like that, the decades disappeared and the memory of that night came to life again. The way John had known it would. He didn't fight it, didn't work to stay in the here and now. If he was going to go back, then he wanted to relive it. All of it. family inspirational love love-quotes Karen Kingsbury
58aab37 But no matter which path we take, Nessa, there will always be trying times. Faith is believing that God has a plan for our lives even when things seem to be falling apart. Trust Him with all your heart, dear. Trust yourself. Your faith is bigger than you realize. god inspirational Kristiana Gregory
5bdfb29 With a true masterpiece, there are no words required. Discourse is rendered redundant. That's why the work of a master transcends all notions of education, of class. It rises above the onlooker's understanding of what is considered good or bad, or right or wrong in the world of art. With the artist who has achieved mastery, skill, experience and knowledge are transparent, leaving only the message for all to see. inspirational masterpiece mastery Jacqueline Winspear
3ce8773 This was a great magic. Festin had no more performed it than has any man who in exile or danger longs for the earth and waters of his home, seeing and yearning over the doorsill of his house, the table where he has eaten, the branches outside the window of the room where he has slept. Only in dreams do any but the great Mages realize this magic of going home. home inspirational Ursula K. Le Guin
7c4f66d You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs, nor to the insidious activity of the streets. black-power blackness inspirational inspirational-quotes life life-lessons life-lessons-quotes living living-life living-now people-of-color strength Ta-Nehisi Coates
cad9ae0 Every day you feel like you can't control the forces affecting your fate-your job,the government,your addiction,your depression,your money. So you stage micro-revolts. You customise your ringtone,you paint your room,you collect stamps. You choose. Choices,even small ones,can hold back the crushing weight of helplessness,but you can't stop there. You must fight back your behavoir and learn to fail with pride. Failing often is the only way to ever get the things you want out of life. Besides death your destiny is not inescapable. You are not so smart,but you are smarter than dogs and rats. Don't give in yet. inspirational David McRaney
e01bdf4 For an instant he was able to cross the line and understand this strange loyalty of Jew to Jew. Those Jews who lived free in England were only there due to some quirk of fate instead of Aushwitz and every Jew knew that genocide could have happened to his own family except for that quirk of fate. Yet, as time stood suspended, Gilray was all gentiles who never quite understood Jews. He could befriend them, work with them, but never totally understand them. He was all white men who could never quite understand black men and all black men who could never quite understand whites. He was all normal men who could tolerate or even defend homosexuals...but never fully understand them. There is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different. inspirational religion understand Leon Uris
e8e4743 "We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. "Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten," Dad said, "you'll still have your stars." gifts inspirational parental-love stars Jeannette Walls
d3a95da Perhaps, the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen. inspirational the-secret-garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
c0f7a98 Ansar is an Arabic term that means helpers or supporters. They were the citizens of Medina who helped Prophet Mohammed upon His arrival to the Holy city. While 'Hussain' is a derivation of 'Hassan' that means 'GOOD' (I also owe this one to Khaled Hosseini). That's how my favorite character in my debut novel 'When Strangers meet..' gets his name... HUSSAIN ANSARI, because he is the one who helps Jai realize the truth in the story and inspires his son, Arshad, to have FAITH in Allah. anecdotes hassan hussain india inspirational islam iyer jai khaled-hosseini mecca medina mohammad mohammed mohmet muslim pakistan pathan pathanvali peace philosophy prophet trivia when-strangers-meet K. Hari Kumar
94bb6b8 She was thinner than she had been. The thing ate only sparingly. Enough to keep Kasia alive, not enough to keep me from watching her wear away, her body growing gaunt and her face hollow-cheeked. inspirational thoughtful Naomi Novik
d34ca7f We often get into ruts, on treadmills, caught up in patterns and habits that aren't useful. We don't stop to ask, what can I learn from this week that will keep next week from essentially being a repeat of the same? inspirational life productivity repeating-the-past Stephen R. Covey
1d40ab1 Irma, she said. But I had started to walk away. I heard her say some more things but by then I had yanked my skirt up and was running down the road away from her and begging the wind to obliterate her voice. She wanted to live with me. She missed me. She wanted me to come back home. She wanted to run away. She was yelling all this stuff and I wanted so badly for her to shut up. She was quiet for a second and I stopped running and turned around once to look at her. She was a thimble-sized girl on the road, a speck of a living thing. Her white-blond hair flew around her head like a small fire and it was all I could see because everything else about her blended in with the countryside. He offered you a what? she yelled. An espresso! I yelled back. It was like yelling at a shorting wire or a burning bush. What is it? she said. Coffee! I yelled. Irma, can I come and live-- I turned around again and began to run. fiction funny inspirational literature novel Miriam Toews
a62117c One instant, you're just a regular Joe, schlepping through your mundane life, and then suddenly - what is this? - nothing has changed, yet you feel stirred by a grace, swollen with wonder, overflowing with bliss. Everything - for no reason whatsoever - is perfect. enlightment inspirational Elizabeth Gilbert
e4a43d1 <> disse. Disegno in aria con l'indice una serie di cerchi continui e concluse: <> inspirational Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
1b0aa9a Each of us is called upon to take a stand. So in these days ahead, as we examine ourselves and each other, our works, our fears, our differences, our sisterhood and survivals, I urge you to tackle what is most difficult for us all, self-scrutiny of our complacencies, the idea that since each of us believes she is on the side of right, she need not examine her position. differences inspirational position sisterhood social-justice survival Audre Lorde
65e69ac There's so much to write. Where should I start? I texted my old Jiko this question, and she wrote me back this: 'You should start where you are creativity individuality inspirational perspective present startup Ruth Ozeki
f0996de I've always been intimidated by gyms, have never been able to enjoy the towel-round-the-shoulder confidence of somebody who knows he can bench-press 250 pounds, or even knows what that means or how much 250 pounds weighs. I just know I don't like lifting heavy things, especially since I had this wrist injury which stopped me playing tennis and which means that I've gone from being fit and thin-looking to just a feeble streak of unshouldered manhood whose only saving grace is that he doesn't take up much space, who leaves plenty of room for others--especially now that I was several days into a quasi-hunger strike. inspirational Geoff Dyer
0a83fdb Being a dominatrix gave me the ultimate power: to sing without self-consciousness. inspirational Amy Tan
9d06f09 Shit jobs tend to be blue collar and pay by the hour, whereas bullshit jobs tend to be white collar and salaried. Those who work shit jobs tend to be the object of indignities; they not only work hard but also are held in low esteem for that very reason. But at least they know they're doing something useful. Those who work bullshit jobs are often surrounded by honor and prestige; they are respected as professionals, well paid, and treated as high achievers - as the sort of people who can be justly proud of what they do. Yet secretly they are aware that they have achieved nothing; they feel they have done nothing to earn the consumer toys with which they fill their lives; they feel it's all based on a lie - as, indeed, it is. consumerism inspirational work David Graeber
cc95860 "The more you read, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it. inspirational learning reading Jim Trelease
ab79f98 Because I was alone, however, even the mundane seemed charged with meaning. The ice looked colder and more mysterious, the sky a cleaner shade of blue. The unnamed peaks towering over the glacier were bigger and comelier and infinitely more menacing than they would have been were I in the company of another person. And my emotions were similarly amplified: The highs were higher; the periods of despair were deeper and darker. To a self-possessed young man inebriated with the unfolding drama of his own life, all of this held enormous appeal. inspirational travel Jon Krakauer
f3d6a74 Yes, one must find one's dream, then the path becomes easy. But no dream lasts forever, each one is replaced by a new one, and you shouldn't try to hold onto any of them inspirational Hermann Hesse
b7301b2 Ebediyet beni ilgilendirmez. Ben bir meseyim, ne bir eksik ne bir fazla. Bir gorevim var ve yerine getiriyorum; hoslandigim seyler var ve onlardan keyif aliyorum. Gerci sayica azaldilar. Cunku kuslar da azaldi. Hem, ruzgar da berbat kokuyor artik. Tamam, uzun omurluyum ama benim de gecici bir sey olmaya hakkim var. Olumlu olma ayricaligim var. Oysa bu ayricalik elimden alindi. ... Dunya da olumu gozleriyle gormek isteyen varsa bu onlarin sorunu, benim degil. Onlar icin Ebediyet'i oynayamam. Olum isteyen, agaclara basvurmasin. Gormek istedikleri o ise, birbirlerinin gozlerine baksinlar ve olumu orada gorsunler. | Ruzgarin On Iki Yakasi - Yolun Yonu inspirational Ursula K. Le Guin
9965794 A woman's a different thing entirely. Who knows where a woman begins and ends? Listen, mistress, I have roots, I have roots deeper than this island. Deeper than the sea, older than the raising of the lands. I go back into the dark. inspirational Ursula K. Le Guin
d7d6e8d Zijn goede bedoelingen werden gedwarsboomd door de onwankelbare starheid van Rebeca, die vele jaren van leed en ellende nodig had gehad om de voorrechten van de eenzaamheid te verkrijgen en die niet van plan was daarvan af te zien in ruil voor een oude dag welke verstoord zou worden door de valse aantrekkelijkheid van een anders medelijden. inspirational Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
04e6369 "Forgive me, Magnus.' 'I don't know if I can.' 'You must.' forgiveness inspirational life Raymond E. Feist
ee59899 Birds can sing and fish can swim and I can do this. harriet imagination inspirational Donna Tartt
97a8032 "The priest's work, the priest's service, was understoon as an act of worship. Theis was God"s desire at Sinai - thst everybody would understand their roles as priests. Thst everybody would worship God by serving each other." god inspirational serving-god serving-others worship Rob Bell
9d49655 But a comedian is naked. His only weapon was his wit. inspirational Sidney Sheldon
ea13bd0 The priest's work, the priest's service, was understood as an act of worship. This was God's desire at Sinai - that everybody would understand their roles as priests. Thst everybody would worship God by serving each other. humanity inspirational jesus life serving-god serving-others Rob Bell
bb492fd They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering eyes and soft fluttery voices. But they were all made out of thin invisible steel. inspirational women Betty Smith
6e94794 What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. inspirational Gretchen Rubin
f571991 Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag. inspirational Laurie Halse Anderson
f4a48c6 Lo que quiero conseguir del curso en la universidad es algun conocimiento sobre la mejor manera de vivir la vida y sacarle el maximo y mejor provecho. Quiero aprender para entender y ayudar a otra gente y a mi misma. (...) Ese es el fin que debe tener la universidad, en lugar de producir un monton de licenciados y graduados, tan atragantados de libros y vanidad que no les queda sitio para otra cosa. anne-of-green-gables inspirational make-a-difference study university L.M. Montgomery
76f8363 One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep. childhood inspirational rites-of-passage Carlos Ruiz Zafón
04e3400 You don't live in London. You play London - to win. That's why we're all here. It is a city full of contestants, each chasing one of a million possible prizes: wealth, love, fame. Inspiration. fame inspirational london love quote wealth Caitlin Moran
cefe861 All we women have are our dreams - so of course we are dreamers. inspirational women Miriam Toews
0fc59e1 "We cannot help where we are born or how we are raised," Tel Hesani said. "But we can reject the twisted beliefs of those around us if we need to. Our loved ones and elders don't always know what is best. A man should listen to his heart and make his own decisions about what is wrong and what is right." darren-shan inspirational inspirational-quotes the-thin-executioner Darren Shan
aa0d310 When life was taking its ordinary course, it was hard to remember what really mattered. inspirational Gretchen Rubin
8932da7 See, because being Cool is obviously the most important thing on earth. It's more important than getting a job, or having a girlfriend, or political power, or money, because all those things are predicated by Coolness. They happen because of it. They depend on it. inspirational pensieve Ned Vizzini
9a1fa56 We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. inspirational John C. Maxwell
2f127ac What you are Vivian is a type of person. To be more specific,you are a type of woman. A tediously common type of woman. Do you think I've not encountered your type before? Your sort will always be slinking around, playing your boring and vulgar little games, causing your boring and vulgar little problems. You are the type of woman, Vivian, because you will always be playing with toys that are not your own. A woman of your type often believes she is a person of significance because she can make trouble and spoil things for others. But she is neither important nor interesting elizabethgilbert historical-fiction inspirational love Elizabeth Gilbert
61ac1b7 Walking through each day without a clear guide, an accurate map, and a consistent light source is hazardous to your well-being. Fortunately, God's Word provides us with the tools and help that we need. christian-living god inspirational Stormie Omartian
560d2b2 Leadership, he was discovering, had its ups and downs--kind of like the bowsprit on a swelling sea. inspirational Michael Robert Evans
4030eb8 A fundamental truth, is that there is simply no such thing as an inherently boring person or thing. People are only in danger of coming across as such when they either fail to understand their deeper selves or don't dare or know how to communicate them to others. confidence insightful inspirational self-esteem self-help Alain de Botton
54a4094 I made a pleasant discovery. You work hard at something eight hours a day, you get better. Not a lot better necessarily, but a little better, and that's just fine, because improving at golf, or anything else probably, is just a matter of making an endless series of tiny improvements. improvement inspirational James Patterson
6273e4b "At the last moment, Antoinette came out of her faint and shouted one word to her child. That word, reader, was adieu... Adieu is the French word for farewell. inspirational writing-from-the-heart Kate DiCamillo
c1fac72 We're always thinking we should be writing no matter what else we might be doing. It's not fun. The life of an artist isn't easy. You're never free unless you are doing your art. inspirational writing Natalie Goldberg
c1dbfda Skupljanje hrane nesumnjivo je bilo na prvom mjestu zenskih duznosti buduci da je taj zadatak odrzavao pleme na zivotu. Ni u jednom se trenutku pretpovijesne zene s djecom ili bez nje nisu oslanjale na svoje partnere, lovce, za nabavku hrane. inspirational life man women-s-rights women-s-strength Rosalind Miles
76cdfe0 "Oh, my darling you are not dumb," her father answered. "You're like Charles Wallace. Your development has to go at its own pace. It just doesn't happen to be the usual pace." inspirational life reminder-to-self Madeleine L'Engle
da0c130 "I've never run this far before," he said at one point. "Or this fast for so long. It's better than sticking your head out a car window, that's for sure." My theory is that Oberon might be a master of Tao. He always sees what we filter out. The wind and the grass and something in the sky, sun or moon, shining on our backs as we run: They are gifts that humans toss away like socks on Christmas morning, because we see them every day and don't think of them as gifts anymore. But new socks are always better than old socks. And the wind and grass and sky, I think, are better seen with new eyes than jaded ones. I hope my eyes will never grow old." beauty dogs granuile hunted inspirational kevin-hearne nature new oberon old philosophy taoism Kevin Hearne
878a1d2 It was as if I had been following a narrow trail, and had suddenly realized that at any time I could leave it and strike out cross-country. fantasy inspirational Robin Hobb
ce86f8a what good would it do her to have beautiful bright eyes such as these if there is no one to see them. eyes inspirational José Saramago
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