"Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain."

-- Khalil Gibran

#Pain Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Sun Quotes

“You are only a prisoner when you surrender.”

Source : Tad Williams (2007). “Shadowplay: Shadowmarch”, p.657, Penguin
“For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind. Who feeds them, and who teaches them to feed themselves? Have you ever thought of this in your mind?”
“The act of taking my own life is not something that I do without a lot of thought. I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. I do believe strongly, however, that the right to do so is one of the most fundamental rights anyone in a free society should have. For me much of the world makes no sense, but my feelings about what I am doing ring loud and clear to an inner ear and to a place where there is no self, only calm. Love always, Wendy.”
“Well I think if you really go out with someone for quite a long time you do get to know each other very, very well, you go through the good times, you go through the bad times. You know both personally, but also within a relationship as well.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want.”
“The impression of wood-grain... must be considered, not only as regards texture and visibility, but for the occasional possibility of the expression of form. A soft wood, with hard annulations, such as fir, prints very dearly.”
“If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.”

Source : William Irwin Thompson (2001). “Transforming History: A Curriculum for Cultural Evolution”, Lindisfarne Press
“I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.”

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