"Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it."

-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#Heart Quotes #Power Quotes

“The pain that's created by avoiding hard work is actually much worse than any pain created from the actual work itself. Because if you don't begin to work on those ideas that God has blessed you with, they will become stagnant inside of you and eventually begin to eat away at you. You might seem OK on the outside, but inside you will be ill from not getting those ideas out of your heart and into the world. Stalling leads to sickness. But taking steps, even baby steps, always leads to success.”
“When you look up at the sky, you have a feeling of unity which delights you and makes you giddy.”
“I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.”
“The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.”
“As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally.”
“I learned to drum and I'm very excited today. Well, first of all I got to...I learned when I was in New York I sort of did some prepping with just learning basic stuff like beating my couch next to my drum teacher, who's this incredible guy named Charlie Green.”
“Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.”
“It seemed to him a very Edinburgh thing. Welcoming, but not very.”

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