"God has so framed us as to make freedom of choice and action the very basis of all moral improvement, and all our faculties, mental and moral, resent and revolt against the idea of coercion."

-- William Matthews

#Ideas Quotes #Choices Quotes #Coercion Quotes

“I think people find it weird that I have a lot of long antique-lace dresses that I wear with boots.”
“time is as adhesive as love, and the more time you spend with someone the greater the likelihood of finding yourself with a permanent sort of thing to deal with that people casually refer to as 'friendship,' as if that were the end of the matter.”

Source : Deborah Eisenberg (2011). “Under the 82nd Airborne: Stories”, p.4, Macmillan
“Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle.”
“The great opera composers were so good at their job, that the whole genre came to be built around the concept of the composer's vision.”
“Always give more in service, than you receive in payment, and customers will beat a path to your door.”
“I have loved him too much not to hate”
“The most profound benefit of yoga and meditation for me has been a natural relaxing into my life. Obstacles are not so scary. I am more fluid, more curious, and at the same time more patient. I have more options for happiness because I don't require specific conditions. It is a relief to discover that I can be happy even if the world doesn't revolve around me or my agenda.”
“Better to be ordinary people in a superior country than to be a president in a disreputable country.”

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