"I have more compassion than if I had led a life where everything worked out exactly as I had planned or if I had never been wounded or if I had never been betrayed or I had never been harmed. I don't think I would be as good a person."

-- Elizabeth Gilbert

#Thinking Quotes #Compassion Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.”
“Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.”
“If you wanna be loved, baby, you've got to love me, too. Oh yeah, cause I an't for no one side love affair.”
“Positive thinking is a habit, like everything else, you get better at it with time.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview: Alexander ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson – What Karate Can Learn from MMA". Interview with Jesse Enkamp, www.karatebyjesse.com.
“Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.”
“My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right away that I was an actor, even from 4 years old. I've never waited a table. I taught some - I'll teach classes in improv or Shakespeare, but there's some motor in me that needs to do that.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. June 23, 2011.
“I like to see the glass as half full, hopefully of jack daniels.”
“I see a lot of people of color in my fanbase and at all my shows, and it's really awesome.”

Source : "Toro Y Moi". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. January 18, 2013.

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