"Her life, she realized, had all the charm of a steel trap."

-- Anna Godbersen

#Steel Quotes #Charm Quotes #Traps Quotes

“Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.”
“Never will this prevail, that the things that are not are â€” bar your thought from this road of inquiry.”

Source : Frag. B 7.1-2, quoted by Plato, "Sophist", 237a,
“My life, my choices, my mistakes, my lessons- NOT YOUR BUSINESS.”
“As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to express it. What happens here is a spiraling ascent, a process of growth in ever expanding circles around a steady center.”

Source : David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.49, Paulist Press
“Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.”
“At every stage of life, our inner self requires the nurturance of loving people attuned to our feelings and responsive to our needs who can foster our inner resources of personal power, lovability, and serenity. Those who love us understand us and are available to us with an attention, appreciation, acceptance, and affection we can feel. They make room for us to be who we are.”

Source : David Richo (2002). “How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving”, p.12, Shambhala Publications
“We need many more intrepid women who set out to expand both their and our concepts of the world. We need them in writing just as we need them in politics. We need that sense of adventure, of reaching wider, delving deeper, pushing further afield, whether that field be geographical, intellectual, political, personal, or all of these and more. Enough with decorousness. Let us risk preconceptions and treasured philosophies, bodies and souls. Let us be big and bawdy and full of courage. Let's go.”
“Enthusiasm is essential to the successful attainment of any high endeavor.”

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