"I read; I travel; I become"

-- Derek Walcott

#Travel Quotes #Inspire Quotes

“Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.”
“I realize that I've had a very idyllic vision of what spirituality looks like. Honestly, most of Western culture has an idyllic and simplified idea of what enlightenment entails.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“We can't leave the internet to the bullies. You deserve to speak out and be heard just as much as the next man. Don't let bullies silence you. Support others, and make sure you look after yourself.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“We have made it impossible for children to fall very farâ€”and in so doing, we have robbed them of the joys of climbing high.”

Source : Megan McArdle (2014). “10 Ways to Bounce Back in Business and Life”, p.5, Head of Zeus
“Lots of people look up to Billy Martin. That's because he just knocked them down.”
“...people will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype. They want to be hip, want always to be in on the new thing so they don't look unhip. White people are especially like that, particularly when a black person is doing something they don't understand...That's what I thought was happening when Ornette hit town.”

Source : Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe (1990). “Miles”, p.251, Simon and Schuster
“Whatever influence you have, it's only for a small amount of time. When Sir Frank (Packer) sold the Daily and Sunday Telegraph to Rupert Murdoch in 1972, I lost my position as women's editor. Suddenly the phones stopped ringing. All the people who said they were my friends, I didn't hear from them. I was only in my 20's, and that was a sobering lesson to learn: how fleeting everything is, and how easily it can be taken away from you. So you never take yourself too seriously, you never think you're too important.”
“Table talk, to be perfect, should be sincere without bigotry, differing without discord, sometimes grave, always agreeable, touching on deep points, dwelling most on seasonable ones, and letting everybody speak and be heard.”

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