"You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham. She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?' You are a philosopher, Mademoiselle.' That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion."

-- Agatha Christie

#Attitude Quotes #Selfish Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“بالدم نكتب لفلسطين We write with the blood for Palestine”
“When the mind loses its feeling for elegance, it grows corrupt and groveling, and seeks in the crowd what ought to be found at home.”

Source : Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary Conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.272
“I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself.”

Source : "Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art : Chatting With The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2011.
“You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.”

Source : "Ben Kingsley Talks Oliver Twist". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. September 20, 2005.
“Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.”

Source : J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.52, Moody Publishers
“I was created in love. For that reason nothing can express my beauty nor liberate me except love alone.”

Source : Sue Woodruff, Mechthild (of Magdeburg) (1982). “Meditations with Mechtild of Magdeburg”, Bear & Co
“When the ball was last seen crossing the roof of the stand in deep right field at 315 feet, we wonder whether new baseballs conversing together in the original package ever remark: "Join Ruth and see the world."”
“There is an Indian proverb that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emtional, and a spiritual . Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time but unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person.”

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