"At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance."

-- Paul Tournier

#Heart Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Personality Quotes

“It's hard to think of a time when I'm not working, but when that is the case, I like to travel and eat good food.”
“You spend very little time in the present moment. Reality exists only in the present moment. Therefore you spend very little time in reality.”
“Knowledge is only useful if you do something with it.”
“If we strive for happiness, it's going to be elusive because things constantly happen with human beings that disrupt that happiness. But if you focus on euphoros, the Greek word for "the bearer of goodness," you will be inhabited by the divine source of life.”
“There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God.”

Source : "Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life by Berel Lang - review" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2014.
“The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died.”
“Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.”
“Personal size and mental sorrow have certainly no necessary proportions. A large bulky figure has a good a right to be in deep affliction, as the most graceful set of limbs in the world. But, fair or not fair, there are unbecoming conjunctions, which reason will pa tronize in vain,--which taste cannot tolerate,--which ridicule will seize.”

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