"Each of us has the potential to contribute ... You have a great opportunity to make a new shape of the world."

-- Dalai Lama

#Opportunity Quotes #World Quotes #Shapes Quotes

“Life is not long at all, never long enough, but days are very long indeed.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn, Caroline Moorehead (2006). “The letters of Martha Gellhorn”, Vintage
“But words are water in Amsterdam, they flood your ears and set the rot, and the church's east corner is crowded.”

Source : Jessie Burton (2014). “The Miniaturist”, p.8, Pan Macmillan
“Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself.”
“We do not need, and indeed never will have, all the answers before we act ... It is often through taking action that we can discover some of them.”
“It's only worth staying in bed if you're young and in good company.”
“Sometimes when I talk to little children I remind them of the fact that when I was growing up myself, I used to play with frog eggs and tadpoles and I used to walk in the field, I used to literally copy whatever my mother was doing on the land. And that may be the reason why I eventually developed the passion for green and for the Earth. So it is extremely important for adults and especially those who are in charge of cities to make sure that we do not lose touch with the land and with the environment. And especially our children.”
“While frenetic activity, in the end suiting journos; running at the behest of little press secretaries does not pay off”
“SUCCESS is being able to come home, lay your head on the pillow and SLEEP in PEACE.”

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