"To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think."

--

William Cowper

#Eye Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”

Source : "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". Book by Dee Brown. Chapter 12, 1970.
“We fall in love or stay in love with people who are unsuitable or who no longer love us and, conversely, we feel no love towards people who would be very suitable. Love is involuntary, that's the problem. Our personal histories prepare us to be attracted to people who unconsciously evoke emotions from our childhood or adolescence.”

Source : François Lelord (2011). “Hector and the Secrets of Love”, p.24, Gallic Books
“Playing a flute is like writing a book. You're telling what's in your heart...It's easier to play if it's right from your heart. You get the tone, and the fingers will follow.”
“It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care”
“The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.”

Source : John Boyle O'Reilly, Liam Barry (1994). “Selected poems, speeches, dedications and letters of John Boyle O'Reilly, 1844-1890”
“Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.”
“I think a lot of people settle with comfort. I've kinda pushed my whole life not to do that. There's nothing wrong with settling, it's definitely an easier life than the one I've chosen to live.”

Source : "FacebookTwitterGoogleEmailCopy Aubrey O’Day: ‘Last night I was stolen by a hawk’". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. October 22, 2009.
“You put your heart and soul into something, and you really hope that people love it as much as you do.”

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