"Where the lips are silent the heart has a thousand tongues."

-- Rumi

#Heart Quotes #Tongue Quotes #Lips Quotes

“The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.”

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“The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread. When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!" When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.”
“Sustained change only happens when we shift at an emotional rather than logical level.”
“Only for today, I will devote ten minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul”
“I knew I needed surgery and I didn't want to have it and I ended up having it.”
“What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality.”
“Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.”
“Perhaps Samuel Johnson was a great man; he was certainly a drumbling one.”

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