"I find I journalize too tediously. Let me try to abbreviate."

-- James Boswell

#Trying Quotes #Let Me Quotes

“World will suffice for me in the future.”
“We have tried everything to get rid of suffering. We have gone everywhere to get rid of suffering. We have bought everything to get rid of it. We have ingested everything to get rid of it. Finally, when one has tried enought, there arises the possibility of spiritual maturity with the willingness to stop the futile attempt to get rid of it and, instead, to actually experience suffering. In that momentous instant, there is the realization of that which is beyond suffering, of that which is untouched by suffering. There is the realization of who one truly is.”
“I have studied humans for a small eternity. Intent infuses their every movement. Road maps to their inner navigation, plastered all over their skin. Born to be slaves.”
“He just hijacks me. I love him. And I won't be able to give anyone a real chance until that's over.”
“I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.”
“A brook can be a friend in a special way. It talks to you with splashy gurgles. It cools your toes and lets you sit quietly beside it when you don't feel like speaking.”

Source : Joan Walsh Anglund (1958). “A Friend is Someone who Likes You”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind was stimulated, my creativity encouraged.”

Source : Mark Mathabane (1986). “Kaffir boy: the true story of a Black youth's coming of age in Apartheid South Africa”, Macmillan Pub Co
“I was reared in a pub - as a young fellow, serving in the pub I learnt far more there about human nature than I learnt in any university or school. I think it gave me a great insight into people.”

Source : "Hot Press" Interview, hotpress.com, May 23, 2007.

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