"The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it."

-- George Santayana

#Truth Quotes #Freedom Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“I would define love very simply: as a potent blend of openness and warmth, which allows us to make real contact, to take delight in and appreciate, and to be at one with--our selves, others, and life itself. Openness--the heart's pure, unconditional yes--is love's essence. And warmth is love's basic expression, arising as a natural extension of this yes--the desire to reach out and touch, connect with, and nourish what we love.”
“My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant, someone who disrupts the daily drag of life just enough to leave the victim thinking there's maybe more to it all than the mere hum-drum quality of existence.”
“Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation.”
“Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I sit beside my lonely fire and pray for wisdom yet for calmness to remember or courage to forget.”

Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.
“We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.”

Source : Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.61, Delphi Classics
“I think the sensible thing would be to focus on one thing and be the best you can be at it. There is always that risk of spreading yourself too thin if you try to do too much.”

Source : Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk
“Life is full of alternatives but no choice.”

Source : Patrick White (2011). “The Aunt's Story”, p.137, Random House

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