"Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same."

-- Bell Hooks

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes #Insanity Quotes

“Don't let your children take priority over your marriage and your work and everything else.”
“All duties are matters of conscience, with this restriction that a superior obligation suspends the force of an inferior one.”
“Work can provide the opportunity for spiritual and personal, as well as financial, growth. If it doesn't, we're wasting far too much of our lives on it.”
“We are forced to choose, for the processes we have initiated in our lifetime cannot continue in the lifetime of our children. Whatever we do either creates the framework for continuing the supreme adventure of life and consciousness on this planet or sets the stage for its termination. The choice before us is urgent and important: it can neither be postponed nor ignored.”

Source : Ervin Laszlo (1994). “The Choice: Evolution Or Extinction? : a Thinking Person's Guide to Global Issues”, Tarcher
“In order to bring out the best in people, you need to give them your best.”

Source : FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Nov 19, 2013
“Dreamers are not content with being mediocre.”
“Entertainment and art are not isolated”
“We Poles are and will remain convinced Europeans. For us, Europe is a community of the diversity of nations. No mishmash.”

Source : Source: uk.businessinsider.com

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