"Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for othersâ€™ goods, and people will love you."

-- Ibn Majah

#Love You Quotes #People Quotes #Desire Quotes

“I often think people on opposite sides of the political spectrum may have similar values around care, around thriving or around independence, or around helping the disadvantaged, but they have different ideologies, different ideas and philosophies about how to go about that. It's important that we start to see each others humanness, while at the same time not losing sight of those differences, views and speeches and actions that do cause harm, that we're clearly taking a stand against.”
“Whoa, wait a minute, Coletrane. Are you proposing to me?â€ â€œWell I would if youâ€™d let me finish,â€ he grumbled.”
“I was recruited by my family the day after the presidential election. My daughters were visually upset at the results and asked, â€˜what are we going to do?â€™ I told my wife Christie that they were right, I had to do something. It was my time to step up and serve.”
“The world is full of warfare 'twixt the evil and the good;I watched the battle from afar as one who understoodThe shouting and confusion, the bloody, blundering fight-How few there are that see it clear, how few that wage it right!”
“Here's me opening my wrists before breakfast, Christmas day, and here's you asking if it hurt. Here's where I choose between mea culpa and Why the hell should I tell you?”

Source : Michael Donaghy (2011). “Collected Poems”, p.104, Pan Macmillan
“Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.”
“If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, Crying to the moo-oo-oon, "If only, If only.”

Source : Louis Sachar (2011). “Holes”, p.39, Yearling
“I have been to Cuba many times. I have spoken many times with Fidel Castro and got to know Commander Ernesto Guevara well enough. I know Cuba's leaders and their struggle. It has been difficult to overcome the blockade. But the reality in Cuba is very different from that in Chile. Cuba came from a dictatorship, and I arrived at the presidency after being senator for 25 years.”

Source : Source: realterrorist.wordpress.com

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