"Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves."

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Anais Nin

#Inspirational Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“The more we demand that institutions allow us to be who we are, the more they're going to have to.”
“Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.”
“I've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one hand, and preaching, on the other. And the most important quality we must all strengthen in ourselves is that of a deep human empathy, for that will provide the most hope of all and the foundation for our collective survival.”

Source : Jacqueline Novogratz (2012). “The Blue Sweater : Bridging The Gap Between Rich And Poor In An Intercnnected World”, p.223, HarperCollins Publishers
“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.”
“Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.”
“The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist.”
“There has been a fundamental paradigm shift. Today's customer expectations are: If i can imagine it, it simply has to be there; if not, I'll invent it myself'”
“God gives salvation to the needy, but gives the deep things of His heart to the hungry who refuse to live without them.”

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