"I was not really angry: I felt for him all the time, and longed to be reconciled; but I determined he should make the first advances, or at least show some signs of an humble and contrite spirit, first; for, if I began, it would only minister to his self-conceit, increase his arrogance, and quite destroy the lesson I wanted to give him."

-- Anne Bronte

#Humble Quotes #Self Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The idea of God holding a grudge against us and needing to be asked to forgive us is an outrage on the Fatherhood of God.”

Source : Charles Webster Leadbeater (1920). “The Hidden Side of Christian Festivals”
“If your religion hasn't made you a better person, then it has failed you as a religion.”
“There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too.”
“We mothers rock into the heart of the world the melody of peace.”

Source : Nelly Sachs, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme (1971). “Nelly Sachs, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme”
“People submit too easily to change from others. And yet, for some reason, whenever they consider changing themselves, the focus is always on what they are giving up, never what they are about to gain.”
“It's important to be gentle about my routines. I've learned that the hard way. When I'm really stressed out, I can take it out on my body and hurt myself. Sometimes I need to be as loving and soft with myself as possible. I've had to learn how to pay attention. It's a kind of mind-set.”
“Literature is the most beautiful of countries”
“Well, I would love it if they could take all the guns away. Unfortunately, you canâ€™t do that so you hope that good people in the world have them to protect the people who canâ€™t protect themselves,”

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