"We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love."

-- Nhat Hanh

#Love Quotes #Buddhist Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before...”
“You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.”

Source : Steven Biko (1979). “Steve Biko: Black Consciousness in South Africa”, Vintage
“I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.”
“Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.”
“I do hope that all nations can live in complete security and welfare.”
“For years, I kept a Post-it note above my desk. WORK NOT LOVE! was what it said. It seemed a sturdier kind of happiness.”

Source : Jenny Offill (2014). “Dept. of Speculation”, p.10, Vintage
“I'm really inspired to build a billion-dollar company. The hardest part is building the vehicle to get you there.”
“Fashion keeps me designing: the love of change, the idea that the next one will be the right one, the nonstop dialogue”

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