"Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving?"

-- George Saunders

#Life Is Short Quotes #Trying Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.”
“But whichever form it took it brought with it, in those moments of bitter anguish, such a desperate surge of hope that it was almost untouchable, and flitted away like a golden butterfly into the bright blue sky - beautiful, unreachable and completely transistent.”
“I would be very happy to go to America. America is where I was raised and that's exactly what I want.”
“It's evident God had no design to make a particular Enumeration in the Holy Scriptures, of all the Works of his Creation.”

Source : Christiaan Huygens (1722). “The Celestial Worlds Discover'd, Or, Conjectures Concerning the Inhabitants, Plants and Productions of the Worlds in the Planets”, p.7
“There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!”
“If you're saddened by another's sorrow, then sorrow will never come to you. If you are happy at another's joy then joy will never leave you.”
“It's sort of scary to work with your parents when you're in the same business. But there was something so very safe about that. Acting with her was just like working with a wonderful actress who just happens to be my best friend and also my mother.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind.”

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