"It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you."

-- Ian Mcewan

#Life Quotes #Real Quotes #Simple Quotes

“I have a reoccurring dream that I'm in the ocean in New Zealand and everything is completely upside down, because it's on the other side of the planet.”
“I only feel the pressure when we are coming up against a deadline and it's like, actually no we really have to nail this in a week!”
“It is - last stage of all When we are frozen up within, and quite The phantom of ourselves To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost Which blamed the living man”
“Instead of jumping at the chance to be offended, choose to be amused. Rather than filling your thoughts with resentment, fill your heart with forgiveness.”
“Great is the height I just scale, but the prospect of glory gives me strength.”
“Because that's what unfaithfulness is, isn't it? A cancer that's always there in the back of your mind, eating away at the foundations of the relationship. It's happened once, it could happen again, so you're always looking for telltale signs or symptoms to show that it's reappeared.”

Source : Matt Dunn (2008). “The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook”, p.123, Simon and Schuster
“Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.”
“That is the first thing to learn â€” not to seek. When you seek you are really only window-shopping. The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality, or whatever you like to call it, can never be answered by books, by priests, philosophers or saviours. Nobody and nothing can answer the question but you yourself and that is why you must know yourself. Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self. To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.”

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