"Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you."

-- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#Wisdom Quotes #Time Quotes #Pain Quotes

“If thou expect death as a friend, prepare to entertain it; if thou expect death as an enemy, prepare to overcome it; death has no advantage, but when it comes a stranger.”
“Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again.”

Source : Grace Noll Crowell, “Whatever else”
“Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That's why Buddhism teaches us to refrain from killing and to liberate creatures instead.”
“For authority proceeds from true reason, but reason certainly does not proceed from authority. For every authority which is not upheld by true reason is seen to be weak, whereas true reason is kept firm and immutable by her own powers and does not require to be confirmed by the assent of any authority.”

Source : "De Divisione Naturae", Bk. 1, ch. 69; translation by I. P. Sheldon-Williams, sited from "A History of Twelfth-Century Western Philosophy" edited by Peter Dronke, Cambridge: CUP, (p. 2), 1988.
“Heâ€™s a fantastic talent and the complete footballer, probably the most coveted in the Premiership. Itâ€™s a privilege for the rest of us to be on the same field. If i could have anything i wanted for Christmas, iâ€™d take Thierry Henry”
“Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words.”
“For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.”
“We must cease to think of the church as a gathering of institutions and organizations, and we must get back to the notion that we are the people of God.”

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