"Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course."

-- Mitch Albom

#Life Quotes #Real Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able to disarm them and even, in some cases, to employ and enjoy them. This self-knowledge opens up a whole new world before us, rich in beauty and subtlety, and frees us not only to take the best out of it, but also to give it back the best of ourselves, and, in so doing, to fulfil our potential as human beings. I don't really think it's a choice.”

Source : FaceBook post by Neel Burton from Mar 05, 2013
“My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.”
“That culture is a a critical resource the organization ignores. Competely mystifying. The organization continues to act as if culture were dark matter, something essentially inaccessible to us. When in fact there is an ancient discipline called anthropology that's pretty good at thinking about it.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.”
“For the record, I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I have a chance to get even first" Kinsey Millhone, V is for Vengeance”
“Some people die, others just run out of fuel.”

Source : Carmen Boullosa (2007). “Cleopatra Dismounts: A Novel”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain; What a wonderful feeling, I'm happy again.”
“I think I already understand about life: pretty good, some problems.”

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