"One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily."

-- Sarada Devi

#Hurt Quotes #Compassion Quotes #Speak Quotes

“There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European war'... will become the first world war in the full sense of the word.”

Source : Indianapolis Star, 20 Sept. 1914.
“I hit adolescence only to discover my autobiography had already been written; plagiarized, in fact, by a man named J.D. Salinger who, in appropriating to himself my inner mass of pain and confusion, had given me the unlikely name of Holden Caulfield.”
“I'm really interested in the difference between selfishness and generosity. It confuses me to no end because sometimes it all just feels like pure indulgence on my part.”
“Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.”

Source : Charles Stross (2004). “Toast”, p.37, Wildside Press LLC
“People only love you as long as they're getting something of you, but the minute you say something they don't want to hear or do something they don't want to see, all the admiration drains from their hearts.”
“Pay less attention to what you hear about someone, and more to what you learn about them...as you make the effort.”
“Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom.”
“All I have, really, is my creativity.”

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