"Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us."

-- Henry David Thoreau

#Disappointment Quotes #Silence Quotes #Personality Quotes

“Having one perfect thing was less important than having a range of ideas, realizing they were all taking you in a certain direction.”

Source : Source: classic.esquire.com
“Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.”
“To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience. Nonviolent actions does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences. Nor does it have to petition those in power to do something about a situation. It can face the authorities with a new fact and say: Accept this new situation which we have created.”

Source : Barbara Deming (1984). “We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader”
“I was always thinking the funny things but was always quiet and scared to be made fun of.”
“He's going to be okay," said Quentin. "He has to. He's Tybalt. You'd be all weird and irritating if he wasn't around." "Weird and irritating?" I raised an eyebrow. "What gives you that idea?" Quentin shrugged. "That's already how you get when he isn't around.”
“Wraith rubbed his hands together in cheesy horror-movie glee. â€œJoin us or die.â€ He grinned. â€œIâ€™ve always wanted to say that.”
“If a cat had a halo, it would probably wear it around it's tail. It makes a statement.”
“Under communism, no one would be living in marginal conditions as they do under capitalism today and where the greatest part of humanity lives.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

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