"I resolve to be more patient, less selfish, cherish my friends, and in my small way help whoever needs help. I cannot conceivably influence the world's destiny, but I can make my own life more worthwhile. I can give some help to some people; that is not vital to all the world's problems and yet, I think if everyone did just that, we might see quite a world in our time!"

-- Gladys Taber

#Selfish Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a societyâ€™s image is positive and flourishing, the flower of culture is in full bloom. Once the image begins to decay and lose its vitality, however, the culture does not long survive”

Source : "The Image of the Future" by Fred Polak,Elsevier Sdentific Publishing Company, (p. 19), 1973.
“Pretending that the worldâ€™s religions are the same does not make our world safer. Like all forms of ignorance, it makes our world more dangerous. What we need on this furiously religious planet is a realistic view of where religious rivals clash and where they can cooperate.”
“There are some people who cannot get onto a train without imagining that they are about to voyage into the significant unknown; as though the notion of movement were inseparably connected with the notion of discovery, as though each displacement of the body were a displacement of the soul.”
“My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit.”
“Healing is awakening to the perfection that already is ours.”
“The Capitol looks beautiful and I am honored to be at work tonight.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 01, 2011
“Part of the heartache of all missionary work is the bright promising convert who turns out to be a mere puffball, crumbling like a macaroon under the least pressure.”
“The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.”

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