"I didn't get bullied any more than anybody else. I think I got bullied more for being poor than being gay. But no more than any other kid. And I'm sure that I did my fair share of picking on other kids, too. We're all humans."

-- Brandi Carlile

#Kids Quotes #Gay Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I can be hurt, she said, only by people I respect.”
“The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison.”
“In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.”
“I inhabited a territory of loneliness which resembles the place where the dying spend their time before death, and from where those who do return, living, to the world bring, inevitably, a unique point of view that is a nightmare, a treasure, and a lifelong possession.[It is] equal in its rapture and chilling exposure [to] the neighbourhood of the ancient gods and goddesses.”
“I'm interested in how a person forms her beliefs, how that happens. Beliefs of all kinds make up the animating force in each of us. Without them we would be paralyzed, lifeless - the glove without the hand.”
“The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesnâ€™t mean that something is wrong. What a relief.”
“Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying.”
“Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.”

Source : 'The Concept of Mind' (1949) introduction

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