"But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living."

-- Nhat Hanh

#Kindness Quotes #Compassion Quotes #People Quotes

“You could say singing is in our genes. Both our parents sang and made up songs constantly.”
“Why does it raise eyebrows when a woman uses cuss words?”
“The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang her first and last, and sang no more: 'Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes! More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise.'”

Source : 1612 The First Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts,'The Silver Swan'.
“Let's say you're in a situation where crystal meth can help you. Like, I don't know, you have too many teeth.”
“Nature is as it is because this is the only possible nature consistent with itself.”
“I wrote my graduate thesis at New York University on hard-boiled fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, so, for about two years, I read nothing but Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain and Chester Himes. I developed such a love for this kind of writing.”
“The adult works to improve his environment while the child works to improve himself.”
“My disability is that I cannot use my legs. My handicap is your negative perception of that disability, and thus of me.”

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