"It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses."

-- Charles de Lint

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Kindness Quotes

“The secret of successful fiction is a continual slight novelty.”
“I believe in the God-given genius of certain individuals, and I value a society that makes their existence possible.”

Source : Kenneth Clark (2015). “Civilisation”, p.220, Hachette UK
“Watching the news inspires me to keep going and reminds me why I should never complain. I'm inspired by those who don't let others define them: Martin Luther King Jr., James Dean, Vincent Van Gogh, Hillary Clinton, Tennessee Williams, director Steve McQueen. They've all changed the conversation by making their voices heard.”
“The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.”
“Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.”
“To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all!”
“The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground”
“The worth of a new idea is invariably determined, not by the degree of its intuitiveness-which incidentally, is to a major extent a matter of experience and habit-but by the scope and accuracy of the individual laws to the discovery of which it eventually leads.”

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