"I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers... this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted."

-- Terry Pratchett

#Book Quotes #Aging Quotes #Discrimination Quotes

“A positive attitude is important, but it is only part of the story. Understanding how to surmount pain, doubt, and failure is a vital component in winning the game of life.”

Source : Chin-Ning Chu (2010). “Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life”, p.12, Hachette UK
“A person full of the Holy Spirit cannot be full of self. Pride never accompanies power in the fully yielded life.”
“Ruins provide the incentive for restoration, and for a return to origins. There has to be an interim of death or rejection before there can be renewal and reform.”
“We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?”
“This is my temporary home It's not where I belong Windows and rooms that I'm passing through This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going I'm not afraid because I know this is my Temporary home”

Source : Song: Temporary Home, Album: Play On, 2009
“It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is not only the most determined who drive change; it is those who most fully engage with like-minded people. And it is not wealth or prestige that best motivates people; it is respect and help from peers.”

Source : Alex Pentland (2014). “Social Physics: How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter”, p.8, Penguin
“Let us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies.”
“I am carrying out my plan, so long formulated, of keeping a journal. What I most keenly wish is not to forget that I am writing for myself alone. Thus I shall always tell the truth, I hope, and thus I shall improve myself. These pages will reproach me for my changes of mind.”

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