"A fairy tale is the kind of story in which one king goes to another king to borrow a cup of sugar"

-- Angela Carter

#Kings Quotes #Stories Quotes #Sugar Quotes

“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”

Source : Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914”
“Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.”
“Things which don't shift and grow are dead things.”

Source : Leslie Marmon Silko (1977). “Ceremony”, New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books
“I don't think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you'll never be as good as they expect.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside by a generous hand. But- and this is the point- who gets excited by a mere penny? But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.”
“Joy is what we are, not what we must get. Joy is the realization that all we want or need in life has been etched into our souls. Joy helps us see not what we are "going through," but what we are "growing to"-a greater sense of understanding, accomplishment, and enlightenment. Joy reveals to us the calm at the end of the storm, the peace that surpasses the momentary happiness of pleasure. If we keep our minds centered on joy, joy becomes a state of mind.”
“Don't be bothered by troubles because they are generally guests we ourselves invite - they will stay for some time and then leave”
“The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.”

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