"It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive."

-- W. Somerset Maugham

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Character Quotes

“It's incumbent on good public servants to maintain their voices and originality of thinking.”

Source : "Ronan Farrow making mark as diplomat at young age". Interview with Leah Garchik, www.sfgate.com. May 16, 2012.
“Inside the Great Mystery that is, we don't really own anything. What is this competition we feel then, before we go, one at a time, through the same gate?”
“I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.”
“The play has to work for the super fans, and not speak down to them, and yet it had to play to those people who maybe had never read a Harry Potter book or seen the films.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.”
“The sermon which does not lead to Christ, or of which Jesus Christ is not the top and the bottom, is a sort of sermon that will make the devils in hell laugh, but make the angels of God weep.”
“Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, youâ€™re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense hunger. To resist takes tremendous conscious effort, you donâ€™t dare let your guard down for an instant. The void puts you on edge, makes your movements tentative and clumsy. But as the climb continues, you grow accustomed to the exposure, you get used to rubbing shoulders with doom, you come to believe in the reliability of your hands and feet and head. You learn to trust your self-control.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jon Krakauer from Feb 11, 2012
“Finding is losing something else. I think about, perhaps even mourn, what I lost to find this”

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