"A favorite means of escaping the solution to any problem is to declare it too complex for solution. This absolves us from attempting solution. ... Any problem is too complex to solve when we do not wish to accept the conditions of solution. Solution is possible where acceptance is ready."

-- Pearl S. Buck

#Mean Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Escaping Quotes

“Often faith isn't hoping that good times are coming; it's trying to see that the good times are here.”
“It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.”
“Sometimes I have to remind myself, that on my worst day I live like somebody on their greatest”

Source : Song: Heaven Or Hell, Album: Dreamchasers 3, 2013
“I don't think the tennis tour is the place to have friends”
“Success in anything is through happiness.”
“Contradiction is the heart and soul of character and drama. You're always looking for it. I loved her so much I hit her; that's character. I loved her so much I hit her again; that's even more character.”

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“A short term view will lead to a partial and perhaps twisted view of the whole picture. A crucial element may be missing. We may not be running the entire race. A friend of mine described a colleague as great at running the "ninety-five yard dash." That is a distinction I can do without. Lacking the last five yards makes the first ninety-five pointless. In fact, serious runners thing of it as a 110 yard dash so that no one will best them in the last few yards. You've got to think beyond the whole.”
“Somehow the anticipation of pain can be even more troubling, more a misery than the pain itself.”

Source : Joanne Harris (2001). “Five Quarters of the Orange”

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