"Gentle feelings produce profoundly beneficial effects upon stern natures. It is the spring rain which melts the ice-covering of the earth, and causes it to open to the beams of heaven."

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Source : Fredrika Bremer (1856). “Hertha”, p.143

Fredrika Bremer

#Kindness Quotes #Spring Quotes #Rain Quotes

“Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.”
“Leo's goals are works of art.”
“With GG, you don't get what you expect. You get what you deserve.”
“I love the 6 Nations rugby. I feel very Scottish then. I feel very Scottish now, sitting in the middle of Chelsea. But thats part of our heritage - being part of Britain, part of Europe. I love being European.”
“What reinforces the content of a photograph is the sense of rhythm - the relationship between shapes and values.”
“People say that you're going the wrong way when it's simply a way of your own.”
“It is no happiness to live long, nor unhappiness to die soon; happy is he that hath lived long enough to die well.”

Source : Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.49
“Always be patient. I also believe everything happens for a reason.”

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