"We must be wise taskmasters and not require of ourselves what we cannot possibly perform. Recreation we must have. Otherwise, the strings of our soul, wound up to an unnatural tension, will break."

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Source : Elizabeth Prentiss (1876). “Stepping Heavenward, and Aunt Jane's hero”, p.56

Elizabeth Prentiss

#Wise Quotes #Soul Quotes #Break Quotes

“No woman will ever satisfy me. I know that now, and I would never try to deny it. But this is actually okay, because I will never satisfy a woman, either. Should I be writing such thoughts? Perhaps not. Perhaps itâ€™s a bad idea. I can definitely foresee a scenario where that first paragraph could come back to haunt me, especially if I somehow became marginally famous.”
“Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history.”

Source : Edward W. Said (2014). “Orientalism”, p.29, Vintage
“Let those who know know, and let me keep what little privacy I can.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe- but usually no one else notices.”

Source : Brad Warner (2015). “Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality”, p.98, Simon and Schuster
“We can get rid of red tape.”
“We have vastly different hopes and expectations, as far as the U.S.-Russia relationship is concerned, in Moscow and Washington. What we need, however, is to manage this troubled relationship -- we don't want this relationship to go out of control.”

Source : "Russian premier arrives in Washington to thaw Kosovo chill". www.cnn.com. July 26, 1999.
“Work hard, but make time for your love, family and friends. Nobody remembers PowerPoint presentations on your final day”
“If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is speech." In the darkness of tyranny, this is the key to the sunlight. If it is granted, all doors open. If it is withheld, none.”

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