"Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace."

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Source : Howard Thurman (2014). “Meditations of the Heart”, p.211, Beacon Press

Howard Thurman

#Stress Quotes #Hands Quotes #Joy Quotes

“The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce them.”
“I'll be peeing like a champion in no time”
“The proudest moment for [a teacher of leaders] is seeing not what students learn but what they do.”
“When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in France. I'd flip the pages and dream. I should return that book to the library some day.”
“Everything burns if the flame is hot enough. The world is nothing but a crucible.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.108, Canongate Books
“Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.”
“Once you know who you really are, being is enough. You feel neither superior to anyone nor inferior to anyone and you have no need for approval because you've awakened to your own infinite worth.”
“I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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