"The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free."

-- Leo Buscaglia

#Courage Quotes #Risk Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.”

Source : Urie BRONFENBRENNER (2009). “The Ecology of Human Development”, p.53, Harvard University Press
“... we die, just as we were born, at the edge of a road not of our choosing.”

Source : Amin Maalouf (2008). “Origins: A Memoir”, p.299, Macmillan
“To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.”

Source : Hugh Blair, Alfred Howard (Esq.) (1810). “The Beauties of Blair: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.18
“It is well to look around at whom, and not just what, surrounds us. Population structure will change everything. Our health, wealth, and peace depend on it.”
“When you pick up your first magazine you definitely hope you can be like the guy on the magazine. That's usually why you start lifting.”
“The pieces of the bodies of infidels were flying like dust particles. If you would have seen it with your own eyes, you would have been very pleased, and your heart would have been filled with joy.”
“Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so.”
“I could stay depressed about my bad memory, but that's a negative way to live. Let's look on the bright side and list the advantages of having a bad memory. (1) You can reread a book and see a movie over and over and enjoy it as much as the first time. (2) If you make an inconvenient promise, you can pretend that you forgot about it and still be forgiven. (3) This is the most important thing: you can keep coming up with ideas without being held back by convictions or the past.”

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