"In one hand I have a dream, and in the other I have an obstacle. Tell me, which one grabs your attention?"

-- Henry Parkes

#Inspirational Quotes #Dream Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Impression minus expression leads to spiritual depression.”

Source : Joseph C. Aldrich (1977). “Secrets to inner beauty”
“Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn (2015). “The View From The Ground”, p.400, Granta Books
“The world can no longer be left to mere diplomats, politicians, and business leaders. They have done the best they could, no doubt. But this is an age for spiritual heroes- a time for men and women to be heroic in their faith and in spiritual character and power. The greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message too low.”
“The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who really gives.”
“It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What do you mean? Do you understand that's an insult?”
“Many of the things which can never be, often are.”
“Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.”

Source : Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.3, Shambhala Publications
“The arts stop society going rotten and mad.”

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