"I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity."

-- Sandra Cisneros

#Mean Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Trying Quotes

“In this interconnected universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the world at large for everyone. We all float on the collective level of consciousness of mankind, so that any increment we add comes back to us. We all add to our common buoyancy by our efforts to benefit life. It is a scientific fact that what is good for you is good for me.”
“The young are of age when they twitter like the old; they are driven through school to learn the old song, and, when they have this by heart, they are declared of age.”
“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”
“American democracy is the inalienable right to sit on your front porch, in your pyjamas, drinking a can of beer and shouting out 'Where else is this possible?' Which doesn't seem to me to be freedom, really.”
“To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.”
“Allah is Most Merciful even when He sends us trials, for even His punishment is for our own good.”

Source : FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Mar 12, 2013
“Careers are built on relationships. Even if it's a bad movie, even if I know it's a bad movie, even if it's a team of filmmakers that I know are going to be difficult, that I know are going to really make me work extra hard, it's fundamentally the same process.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.”

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