"Without a goal, you cannot survive."

“I don't like to sit and count my money and be a "happy entrepreneur".”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

“A smart woman would have shut up. Did I? Hell no. Intelligence is overrated anyway.”

“People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.”

“Facilitative attitudes (and skills) can help a therapist gain entry into the group Freedom from a desire to control the outcome, and respect for the capacity of the group, and skills in releasing individual expression Openness to all attitudes no matter how extreme or unrealistic they may seem Acceptance of the problems experienced by the group where they are clearly defined as issues Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future”

“The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.”

“There are really only three things to learn in skiing: how to put on your skis, how to slide downhill, and how to walk along the hospital corridor.”

“Then I saw her smile so close to my eye that there was nothing to see but the smile and the thought came into my head that I’d never been inside a smile before. Who’d have thought being inside a smile would be so ancient and so modern both at once”

Source : Ali Smith (2007). “Girl Meets Boy”, p.102, Canongate Books

“Although the doctrine of innate equality of the race has been proclaimed, yet so far as woman is concerned it has been a standing falsehood.”