"People are better inside in your head. When you're longing for them, they're perfect."

-- Donal Ryan

#People Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Longing Quotes

“It is clear that there would nothing a U.N. Security Council resolution that condemned Syria because Syria is Russia's ally, and Russia has a veto in the U.N. Security Council.”
“There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.”
“Jesus conveyed the impression of complete love, compassion, kindness, and infinite patience.”

Source : Mary C. Neal, M.D. (2012). “To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story”, p.216, WaterBrook
“Each of us needs periods in which our minds can focus inwardly. Solitude is an essential experience for the mind to organize its own processes and create an internal state of resonance. In such a state, the self is able to alter its constraints by directly reducing the input from interactions with others. (p. 235)”
“The road has its own reasons and no two travelers will have the same understanding of those reasons. If indeed they come to an understanding of them at all.”
“Organized religion is good for wars, battles, pissin' and moanin' and not much else.”
“You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.”
“Loneliness is failed solitude.”

Source : Sherry Turkle (2011). “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other”, p.288, Basic Books

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