"Misfortunes make us wise."

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Source : Mary Norton (2001). “The Borrowers Afield”

Mary Norton

#Wise Quotes #Adversity Quotes #Misfortunes Quotes

“I had beautiful wavy hair and a waxed moustache.”
“Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.”

Source : Song: Before You Accuse Me, Album: Journeyman, 1989
“I'm all out o faith, this is how I feel. I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor. Illusions never change into something real. I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn. You're a little late, I'm already torn.”

Source : Song: Torn, Album: Left of the Middle
“Your brand is a story unfolding across all customer touch points.”
“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way".”

Source : Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.80, Simon and Schuster
“AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.”

Source : "Mbeki vows to step up AIDS fight". www.cnn.com. February 8, 2002.
“Real love should draw no blood from the loved and buckets from the lover.”
“Once you jump in the ocean of love there's nothing to be done, just to be enjoyed, every wave of it, every hue of it, every touch of it. That is what one has to learn by reasoning that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but - is love.”

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