"To hope for Paradise is to live in Paradise, a very different thing from actually getting there."

-- Vita Sackville-West

#Hope Quotes #Paradise Quotes #Different Quotes

“I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.”

Source : Song: Can't Control the Wind, Album: Solid Ground, 2007
“The images of things are not the things in themselves.”
“A dreamcatcher works, if your dream is to be gay.”
“The laws that stopped blacks from voting were the worst, because they prevented blacks from voting someone into parliament who could change the other laws. Even though the blacks were the majority of the population, they were still not getting a say.”
“Speciesism: A failure, in attitude or practice, to accord any nonhuman being equal consideration and respect”

Source : Joan Dunayer (2004). “Speciesism”, Ryce Pub
“And, cuts in education, scientific research and the rest are harmful, and they are what are affected by the sequestration.”
“The fantasy of doing a task perfectly is common with procrastinators; they set the bar for success very high. Then they are afraid to approach it. As the deadline approaches, they must set the bar lower.”

Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. October 4, 2012.
“There have been many times when I have been so entirely sickened of life it was very hard to work to keep on, a half dozen times I have been tempted to suicide, but I am glad I did not give way, for I have always felt that the last half of my life would somehow atone for the first half, and I still think it may ... It is not possible to live in this world without suffering unless one is a born stone. But it is also possible to have a great deal of happiness in spite of the suffering.”

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