"But the mind travels far - and mysteriously - in sleep."

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Mary Augusta Ward

#Sleep Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Why are we doing all these handstands, backbends and arm balances? I don't know why we're doing them unless our lives are shaped and changed.”
“If on one day we find the fast-spreading recognition of popular rights accompanied by a silent, growing perception of the rights of women, we also find it accompanied by a tendency towards a system of non-coercive education--that is, towards a practical illustration of the rights of children.”
“Without that thick skin and a clear vision of what it is you want to do, what it is you know you want to do, it can be really easy to get out here and get lost and swept away in whatever is going on. You really have to be steadfast in the mind for sure.”
“ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .”
“I just want my children to be happy. I want my children to be healthy.”
“To defy the laws of tradition is a crusade only of the brave.”
“Ferrari gives you a special feeling.”

Source : Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2010.
“We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.”

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