"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."

-- Audre Lorde

#Caring Quotes #Compassion Quotes #Self Quotes

“I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts rumor and gossip in place of undismayed and unintimidated inquiry.”
“That's one of the compensations for being mediocre. One doesn't have to worry about becoming mediocre.”

Source : Rebecca Goldstein (1993). “The Mind-Body Problem”, Penguin Group USA
“Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work.”
“My big thing is people. I just love people in my life.”

Source : "Jonathan Bennett From Dancing with the Stars: The Best He Has Been". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"”
“Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.”
“In preparing the soil for planting, you will need several tools. Dynamite would be a beautiful thing to use, but it would have a tendency to get the dirt into the front-hall and track up the stairs.”
“The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.”

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