"I think maybe God was trying to tell me that gentleness begins with strength, quietness with security. A great tree is both moved and unmoved, for it changes with the seasons, but its roots keep it anchored in the ground. Mastering a gentle and quiet spirit didnâ€™t mean changing my personality, just regaining control of it, growing strong enough to hold back and secure enough to soften."

-- Rachel Held Evans

#Strong Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I have yet to hear of anyone who, on his deathbed, wished he'd spent more time at the office.”
“It's terrible for the culture of music. Like anything that is purely economic, it ignores the most important component.”
“The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.”
“With sociology one can do anything and call it work”

Source : Malcolm Bradbury (1978). “Eating people is wrong”, Vintage
“Don't let your fear grow bigger than your faith.”
“I'm neither shy nor impressed by media and press. It's just another industry to me. My response to the criticism was, "I work with a steel factory. Why can't I work with the media?"”
“Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history.”

Source : Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.161, Broadway Books
“The earth is blue like an orange.”

Source : Paul Eluard (1988). “Selected Poems”, London : Calder ; New York : Riverrun Press

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