"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free."

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Source : "Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing" by Larry Chang, (p. 412), 2006.

Nikos Kazantzakis

#Inspirational Quotes #Photography Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“By the time I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again.”
“Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.”
“I don't know what it feels like not to have a great family support system - I was lucky to have that.”
“Both scientists and sages have told us what we already know to be true in our hearts: everything is connected. Therefore as we change, the world cannot help but change with us.”
“Don't forgive and never forget; Do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends, because your enemies will take care of themselves!”
“When I was younger, I wasnt thinking about fit. Clothes are measured just for me now. I know thats not what the average person does, but Ive gotten smart about what fits my body the right way and what makes me feel comfortable.”
“We deprive our children, our charges, of persistence. What I am trying to say is that we need to fail, children need to fail, we need to feel sad, anxious and anguished. If we impulsively protect ourselves and our children, as the feel-good movement suggests, we deprive them of learning-persistence skills.”
“Often it was the most unlikely people who found within themselves a spark of something greater. It was probably always there, but most people are never tested, and they go through their whole lives without ever knowing that when things are at their worst, they are at their best.”

Source : Jonathan Maberry (2011). “Rot and Ruin”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

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