"It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them."

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Source : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Sojourn: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.167, Wizards of the Coast

R. A. Salvatore

#Stars Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Afghans think the burqa is a permanent part of culture. But, if you bring it to Europe, how would people react? Afghanistan doesn't want to change its culture, but it can change, all the time. So why are Afghans giving so much value to it? The burqa is not natural. It's not human nature.”

Source : "Afghan graffiti artist risks her life to challenge the burqa under the Taliban". Interview with Katie Booth, womenintheworld.com. May 21, 2015.
“With all my ideas and follies I could one day found a corporate company for the propagation of beautiful but unreliable imaginings.”

Source : Robert Walser (2014). “Jakob von Gunten”, p.140, New York Review of Books
“I'm definitely on the incline to a peak.”
“As I recognized the beauty of the earth, I knew that my Heavenly Father loved me.”
“Living an awakened life [...] is just a matter of where our attention is being placed. It is possible for our human-beingness and our true nature or presence to exist wonderfully well together, enriching each other through their closeness. It is through the power of our attention that we experience one or the other or both.”

Source : Alice Gardner (2008). “Life Beyond Belief: Everyday Living as Spiritual Practice”, p.54, Awake Publishing
“If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.”
“Obviously you take any creative people and put them in a room and you're going to get clashes, you're going to get friction.”
“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”

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