"In this condition of the most devastating humiliation, I still possessed the most precious of liberties, that no-one could take away from me: that of deciding who I wanted to be."

-- Ingrid Betancourt

#Liberty Quotes #Humiliation Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“The abundance you desire to experience must first be an experience in your mind.”
“I prioritize people. This grounds me and reminds me of my place in the world.”

Source : "Jennifer Widerstrom: Fears, Philanthropy, and Fitness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“There's a curse on me as there's a curse on the Larkin name. The curse comes back, again and again, to taunt me! Ronan! Kilty! Tomas! And now me! What are the Irish among men? Are we lepers? Are we a blight? Will there ever be an end to our tears?”
“The saying is, life is short, but what if it's not? But if life is short, is this how you would like to spend your last days? And if life is long, is this how you want to spend 50, 60, or 70 years? Being ashamed? Being quiet? Hoping no one notices you? Not telling the truth? Walking around heavy? If I die in my sleep tonight, God forbid, I am happy with how I've lived my life. I've lived it truthfully.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Don't give to anyone the power to put you down. Haters are losers pretending to be winners.”

Source : FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Oct 04, 2011
“Philosophers, especially metaphysicians, explore features of reality and of our mental life that are different from those explored by scientists.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“The job has left me with a healthy disregard for what you might call Public Life. I have no desire now to go to receptions, to be seen at gatherings of the great and the good, to stand and be bored to death by men in grey suits.”

Source : Source: www.poetrymagazines.org.uk
“We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols.”

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