"Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of perspective."

-- Pema Chodron

#Perspective Quotes #Patient Quotes #Painful Quotes

“If you eat good, you feel good. I would encourage every body else to do the same.”
“I wrote two poems about the 81 uprisings: Di Great Insohreckshan and Mekin Histri. I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who had taken part in the Brixton riots. The tone of the poem is celebratory because I wanted to capture the mood of exhilaration felt by black people at the time.”

Source : "Trust between the police and the black community is still broken" by Linton Kwesi Johnson, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2012.
“I have nothing but my heart and I have given it long ago to my country.”

Source : "Fifty Mighty Men". Book by Grant MacEwan, p. 45, 1977.
“Straight Americans need... an education of the heart and soul. They must understand - to begin with - how it can feel to spend years denying your own deepest truths, to sit silently through classes, meals, and church services while people you love toss off remarks that brutalize your soul.”

Source : "If Davide Geffen or Elton John is rich, isn't it a sigh of God's favor?". The Advocate Magazine, April 28, 1998.
“The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted”
“Find 100 reasons to laugh. You are bound to feel better, you will cope with problems more effectively and people will enjoy being around you. Besides unhappiness, what do you have to lose?”
“You could have knocked me down with a fender.”
“She wants you to be a god," I told him. "I know." His face twisted with embarrassment, and in spite of itself my heart lightened. It was such a boyish response. And so human. Parents, everywhere.”

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