"This law â€¦ defines the limits of competition in the community of life. You may compete to the full extent of your capabilities, but you may not hunt down your competitors or destroy their food or deny them access to food. In other words, you may compete but you may not wage war."

-- Daniel Quinn

#War Quotes #Law Quotes #Community Quotes

“Chi Chi Rodriguez had as good a pair of hands as anybody I ever saw, and more shots than you can imagine. But Chi Chi had a habit of turning simple shots into difficult ones.”
“Popularity isn't the end-all, be-all. What matters far more is that you stick to your principles, that you stand up and you live a life of integrity.”
“This is our time. Until that time stops - for one of us, for both â€“ it is our time. Now. Will you waste it, because you are afraid?”
“Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil.”

Source : Robert Cormier (2013). “Heroes”, p.115, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher.”
“If there's a narrative, I want it in the flesh.”
“Some of us can accept others right where they are a lot more easily than we can accept ourselves. We feel that compassion is reserved for someone else, and it never occurs to us to feel it for ourselves. My experience is that by practicing without 'shoulds,' we gradually discover our wakefulness and our confidence. Gradually, without any agenda except to be honest and kind, we assume responsibility for being here in this unpredictable world, in this unique moment, in this precious human body.”
“Why canâ€™t our job here on earth be simply to inspire each other?”

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