"Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it."

-- James Madison

#Country Quotes #Mean Quotes #Eye Quotes

“Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but you are not going to explore many unknown realms that way.”

Source : David Whyte (2007). “The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America”, p.93, Crown Business
“They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I would endanger the lives of my whole party.”
“A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a piece of fancy chocolate into your mouth expecting toffee filling and you get lemon zest instead.”
“Choice or freedom of choice is just an existential concern. But for photographers, it's a lifetime's preoccupation.”
“I wish- I wish I could dry these tears, I wish I could make this better for you. But I don't know how.”
“It is illuminating to note, here, how the daily rituals and working routines of prolific authors and artists - people who really do get a lot done - very rarely include techniques for 'getting motivated' or 'feeling inspired'. Quite the opposite: they tend to emphasise the mechanics of the working process, focusing not on generating the right mood, but on accomplishing certain physical actions, regardless of mood.”
“Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.”

Source : Holly Near, Derk Richardson (1990). “Fire in the Rain- Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography”, William Morrow & Company
“I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.”

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