Penelope Tree famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?

  • Every democracy must involve civil society in the process of establishing budgets, and all sectors of society must be consulted to determine what the real priorities of the population are. Lobbies, including military contractors and other representatives of the military-industrial complex, must not be allowed to hijack these priorities to the detriment of the population's real needs.

  • When you cannot rejoice in feelings, circumstances or conditions, rejoice in the Lord.

  • One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.

  • There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling.

  • Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasizing the positive.

  • I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences.

  • Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.

  • I will never forget the feeling of walking into my home, a place that while drifting helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean I wondered if I would ever see again.

  • I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.