"It's hard sometimes to remember why we do anything in the first place. It's nice to think there's a purpose, or even a real decision that turns everything in one direction, but that's not always true, is it? We just fall into our lives."

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Source : Dinaw Mengestu (2007). “The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears”, p.61, Penguin

Dinaw Mengestu

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“Without inner change there can be no outer change. Without collective change, no change matters.”
“We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the most cost-effective and reliable ways of easing pressure on our environment and securing a sustainable future for us all”
“Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.”

Source : "Haile Gebrselassie shares secrets of his success". Interview with Susannah Palk, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2011.
“Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership.”
“The fame which bids fair to live the longest resembles that which Horace attributes to Marcellus, whose progress he compares to the silent, imperceptible growth of a tree.”

Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.419
“We must care to think about the unthinkable things, because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.”
“Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.”
“Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.”

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