"I've learned of life this bitter truth Hope not between the crumbling walls Of mankind's gratitude to find repose, But rather, Build within thy own soul Fortresses!"

-- Georgia Douglas Johnson

#Gratitude Quotes #Wall Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Evil is whatever distracts.”
“I just love to work and spend time with my family. And that's the reason I don't look at the length of the role, but what it has to offer me.”
“We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.”
“My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored; people, above all, to whom one must never tell the truth.”

Source : W H Auden (1981). “Antæus”, Ecco Press
“Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.”
“Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.”
“Truth will only make you unpopular.”
“I read, for the first time, of the Carolina Parakeet-a North American parakeet whose green, yellow and reddish-orange plumage appeared vivacious and altogether quite wonderful. As stunning as I found the hawk-chased conures, this bird astounded me even more. That the Carolina Parakeet was extinct simply added to my amazement.”

Source : Christopher Cokinos (2009). “Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds”, p.12, Penguin

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