"I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying out an act of mercy toward myself."

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Source : Peter Høeg (2010). “Smilla's Sense of Snow: A Novel”, p.13, Macmillan

Peter HÃ¸eg

#Single Quotes #Loneliness Quotes #Blessing Quotes

“Every Hebrew should look upon his Faith as a temple extending over every land to prove the immutability of God and the unity of His purposes.”

Source : "A Book of Jewish Thoughts" by Joseph H. Hertz, Oxford University Press, (p. 3), 1920.
“I want to be the guy out there on the edge.”
“It's not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful.”
“Mr Hooke sent, in his next letter [to Sir Isaac Newton] the whole of his Hypothesis, scil that the gravitation was reciprocall to the square of the distance: ... This is the greatest Discovery in Nature that ever was since the World's Creation. It was never so much as hinted by any man before. I wish he had writt plainer, and afforded a little more paper.”
“Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.”
“Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.”
“Everybody isn't your friend. Just because they hang around you and laugh with you doesn't mean they're for you. Just because they say they got got your back, doesn't mean they won't stab you in it. People pretend well. Jealousy sometimes doesn't live far. So know your circle. At the end of the day real situations expose fake people so pay attention.”

Source : FaceBook post by Trent Shelton from Nov 05, 2013
“Just build your brand from day one, man. Your brand is your name, basically. A lot of people don't know that they need to build their brand, your brand is what keeps you moving.”

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