"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."

-- A. A. Milne

#Happiness Quotes #Appreciation Quotes #Retirement Quotes

“Love is the time and space where "I" give myself the right to be extraordinary.”
“The Gods have meant That I should dance And by the Gods I will!”
“I have a short temper - I think it's part of the Celtic background. I used to be a lot more angry, but I was quite discreet with it.”
“I didn't offer transparency. I provided one quarterly report in letter form. That was all you got. I basically demanded that if you're going to invest in my fund you need to accept my terms. The terms not being super highs, but just, I'm not going to cater to you.”
“There was one moment where they were riding their little ponies in Scotland, and Stella said to me: 'Dad! You're Paul McCartney, aren't you?' 'Yes darling, but I'm Daddy really'.”
“People do many things for many reasons. Sometimes, what you do you have no control over, because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.”
“Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family,and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the individual by the role. Then multiply the family, and the authority, by some hundreds and see the effect upon a sea-captain, to say nothing of an absolute monarch.Surely man in general is born to be oppressed or solitary, if he is to be fully human; unless it so happens that he is immune to the poison.”
“If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.”

Source : Holly Lisle (1992). “Fire in the Mist”, Baen Books

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