"Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins. At one time they may be carbuncle stones, then coals, then diamonds, then flint stones, then morning dew, then tears."

-- James de la Vega

#Morning Quotes #Business Quotes #Tears Quotes

“They lived long that have lived well.”
“Love is a great beautifier.”

Source : Louisa May Alcott (2015). “The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters”, p.231, e-artnow
“The ecological principle of unity in diversity grades into a richly mediated social principle; hence my use of the term social ecology.”
“I believe that you've created a metaphorical universe in which you can express your darkest fears. In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves, and sometimes we do such a good job, we lose track of reality.”
“A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.”
“For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life.”

Source : Lizette Woodworth Reese (1929). “A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days”
“You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral standard registered in the laws of the country. It is the only way.”
“I don't think any of my desires or beliefs or other mental states are external to me. Many people will occasionally feel alienated from the motives for an action - "whatever possessed me to do that?". Note, however, that some people feel alienated from the white hairs that recently appeared on their heads - "who put them there?", they might ask the mirror - but the white hairs are still theirs. Similarly, I might feel alienated from an action or a mental state because it does not fit with my visceral self - image.”

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