"Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve."

-- Pearl S. Buck

#Men Quotes #People Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said - now leave the document alone, or there's going to be trouble.”
“I know my sound when i hear it. My stroke is just my stroke.”
“I'm terrified of performing live.”
“Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can”

Source : Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.2484, e-artnow
“There exists a world. In terms of probability this borders on the impossible. It would have been far more likely if, by chance, there was nothing at all. Then, at least, no one would have began asking why there was nothing.”
“If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.”
“I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.”
“Fate is the opportunity. Choice is what you do with it.”

Source : Karen Rose (2009). “Nothing to Fear (The Chicago Series Book 3)”, p.56, Hachette UK

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