"Staring in the darkness, trying to sleep. My body was aching with tiredness. My limbs were numb. My sightless eyes were crazed with light/ I was dying of oblivion, but it wouldn't come. I didn't think I've ever sleep again."

-- Kevin Brooks

#Sleep Quotes #Eye Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“All people have dignity. Theres nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.”
“It sounds almost unreal, but I was born and raised on old castlegrounds - Kenmure Castle.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“The fruits of this profound union with Jesus are marvelous: our whole being is transformed by the grace of the Holy Spirit: soul, intelligence, will, affections and even the body, because we are united in body and spirit.”
“I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege.”

Source : "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh, nationalseedproject.org. 1989.
“Two there are who are never satisfied -- the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.”
“What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish a new economy. The causes of the war were: envy, greed, and fear.”

Source : "The Second World War, 1939-1945: a strategical and tactical history". Book by J. F. C. Fuller, 1948.
“Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a wise and intuitive counselor available 24/7? You're in luck-you already have one. Your body! Our bodies carry ancient wisdom. We literally live within a temple of intuitive and instinctive wisdom. Sometimes we pay attention and access body wisdom; but unfortunately, the aphorism "Mrs. Smith lived a short distance from her body" is sadly true for many of us.”
“Iâ€™m not trying toâ€”What do teenagers say nowadays?â€ he asked my grandmother.â€œGet all up in her biznez,â€ Nana said.Without cracking a smile.â€œThatâ€™s right,â€ he replied. â€œWeâ€™re not trying to get all up in your biznez, Ali.”

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