"Excellence, to me, is the state of grace that can descend only when one tunes out all the world's clamor, listens to an inward voice one recognizes as wiser than one's own, and transcribes without fear."

-- Naomi Wolf

#Voice Quotes #Grace Quotes #Excellence Quotes

“I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and weâ€™re both unhappy, and we both suffer.”
“Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.”
“Win with grace, lose with dignity!”

Source : Susan Polgar, Douglas Goldstein (2014). “Rich As A King: How the Wisdom of Chess Can Make You a Grandmaster of Investing”, p.224, Morgan James Publishing
“Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.”
“Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story.”
“In romance, we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship, we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both.”
“I'm interested in all things that Donald Trump does. I've known him since 1980. He's a good man.”
“I wish I could take language And fold it like cool, moist rags. I would lay words on your forehead. I would wrap words on your wrists. 'There, there,' my words would say - Or something better. I would ask them to murmur, 'Hush' and 'Shh, shhh, it's all right.' I would ask them to hold you all night. I wish I could take language And daub and soothe and cool Where fever blisters and burns, Where fever turns yourself against you. I wish I could take language And heal the words that were the wounds You have no names for.”

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