"Our life is managed from behind the scenes: we are actors in dramas that we cannot interpret. Of almost no decisive event can we say: this was our own choosing. We happen upon careers, necessity pushing, blind inclination pulling. If we stop to think we are amazed that we should be what we are."

-- Walter Lippmann

#Life Quotes #Drama Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It's a conflict of parallels.”
“A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not been made in that way. Perhaps, however, within the self there might come a resonance, the awareness of having done something difficult, of having done . . . something.”

Source : Guy Gavriel Kay (2005). “The Last Light of the Sun”, p.335, Penguin
“My new catchphrase is: 'Pull yourself together.' I've done the inner child, I've had analysis, I've decided that unless you're mentally ill and need support, it's up to you.”
“You can't play hockey with a bald spot, so I'm hanging up the skates.”
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have,”
“Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness for squeamishness.”
“I believe that adversity and negativity can be an amazing fuel towards personal success.”
“The message of individual liberty and peace is contagious.”

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