"I am talking about being optimistic enough to sow some seeds in the hope that some of them will germinate and grow into flowers."

-- Philippa Perry

#Flower Quotes #Optimistic Quotes #Talking Quotes

“There is nothing to fear except the power you give to your own demons.”
“I fully support the NOH8 campaign and all it stands for and am proud to be a part of it. But I stand by my husband's stance on DADT.”

Source : Cindy McCain @cindymccain, twitter.com. November 13, 2010.
“Forgiveness is divine, but never pay pull price for late pizza.”
“The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous death-dealing venom will be wiped out.”
“For me to be a saint means to be myself.”
“My call for a spiritual revolution is not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way of life that is somehow otherworldly, still less to something magical or mysterious. Rather it is a call for a radical reorientation away from our habitual preoccupation with self. It is a call to turn toward the wider community of beings with whom we are connected, and for conduct which recognizes others' interests alongside our own.”
“Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent.”
“You know, I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably it's very much the same thing: the therapist is too disinterested, a little too aloof, a little too inactive. They're not really interested in the person, he doesn't relate to the person. All these things I've written so much about. That's why I've made such a practice really, over and over to hammer home the point of self-revelation and being more of yourself and showing yourself. Every book I write I want to get that in there.”

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