"We need a home in the psychological sense as much as we need one in the physical: to compensate for a vulnerability. We need a refuge to shore up our states of mind, because so much of the world is opposed to our allegiances. We need our rooms to align us to desirable versions of ourselves and to keep alive the important, evanescent sides of us."

-- Alain de Botton

#Home Quotes #Mind Quotes #Important Quotes

“What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.”
“Hank Cochran was a man of very few words, but certainly the words that he chose were the right ones to use.”
“What you learn from bad habits and in bad society you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (p. 217), 1895.
“All teaching and all truth and all doctrine must be tested in the light of the scriptures.”
“There's a hell of a lot of ***** people out there who are not being gratified in the way they should be.”
“Character is the final decision to reject whatever is demeaning to oneself or to others and with confidence and honesty choose what is right.”
“The touchstone of false friends is the day of need: by way of proof, ask a loan from your friends.”
“Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.”

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