"What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time."

-- David Guterson

#People Quotes #Serenity Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“The incapacity of a weak and distracted government may often assume the appearance and produce the effects of a treasonable correspondence with the public enemy. If Alaric himself had been introduced into the council of Ravenna, he would probably have advised the same measures which were actually pursued by the ministers of Honorius.”
“For Zen students, a weed is a treasure.”
“Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky.”
“The perversion of the mind is only possible when those who should be heard in its defence are silent.”

Source : Archibald MacLeish (1940). “A Time to Speak: The Selected Prose of Archibald MacLeish”, Boston, Mifflin
“Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results.”
“Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.”
“Every now and then, I have blissful moments of thanking God for all the amazing things that are happening. When I leave the White House after just meeting Obama or when I see my face on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' or when I meet someone who tells me that their daughter is inspired by me, those are moments that are incredibly joyful.”
“It broke my heart when I learned the moon had been passing the sunâ€™s light off as its own.”

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