"People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification."

-- Dalia Mogahed

#Hero Quotes #People Quotes #Simplification Quotes

“For most leaders, humility comes only by wounds suffered from foolish falls.”
“These guys [the Catholic church] make Enron look like altar boys.”
“To the extent that animals continue to die needlessly, we are morally bound to speak.”
“You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.”
“Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.”

Source : Quoted by Wolfgang Sandberger (1996) in the liner notes to the Juilliard String Quartet's "Intimate Letters". Sony Classical SK 66840,
“Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways.”
“Our misconception is in imagining that our suffering or how intensely or how long we grieve is a measure of how much we loved. In truth, none of us would want another's grief as a testimonial of their love for us. More likely we would want our loved ones to live healthy, fulfilled lives without us.”
“Cities are 2% of the earths crust, but they are 50% of the worlds population.”

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