"What you are seeking is also seeking you."

-- Rumi

“When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations, hastened on as it will be by the example of America, shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights, and will not its author be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed?”
“If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.”
“Do not speak unless you can improve on silence, said a Buddhist sage.”
“One writes to find words' meanings.”
“Every child has a legitimate narcissistic need to be noticed, understood, taken seriously, and respected by his mother. In the first weeks and months of life he needs to have the mother at his disposal, must be able to use her and to be mirrored by her.”
“Like most good looking women, she was never sure of her beauty, and had to keep checking on it, to make sure it was still there.”

Source : Josephine Humphreys (2000). “The Fireman's Fair”, p.70, Penguin
“Influence: What you think you have until you try to use it.”
“(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.”

Source : "Disgrace". Book by J. M. Coetzee, 2000.

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