"It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand hardship. Much more significant is their inner development. And while some may be able to survive through sheer willpower, the ones who suffer the least are those who have a high degree of patience and courage in the face of adversity."

-- Dalai Lama

#Adversity Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Show is not substance; realities govern wise men.”
“Most SF is about madness, or what is currently ruled to be madness; this is part of its attraction - it's always playing with how much the human mind can encompass.”

Source : "In Conversation: Brian Aldiss & James Blish". Cypher, October 1973.
“The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my childhood. They are not profound, but they have stayed with me through life, and when I am very old, they will still be near . . . Memories of mother drying my tears, reading aloud, cutting cookies and singing as she did, listening to prayers I said as I knelt with my forehead pressed against her knee, tucking me in bed and turning down the light. They have carried me through the years and given my life such a firm foundation that it does not rock beneath flood or tempest.”
“She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read.”
“Seek to have your life in God, not in things, not in people, not in places, not in circumstances, not in arguments, not in human intelligence, but in God.”
“When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.”
“I have been to the world's end and back and now I know what I would put in my bottom drawer .I would put my sisters.”

Source : Kate Atkinson (2013). “Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel”, p.295, Macmillan
“Everybody can have a bad game, and we did. These guys have all proven that they can handle adversity. We're in the midst of a little adversity.”

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