"There is nothing in your budget for joy. No books, no flowers, no music, not even a cold beer. And there is nothing in your budget to give away to someone else. We donâ€™t help people who donâ€™t have better values than you do."

-- Robert Fulghum

#Flower Quotes #Book Quotes #Beer Quotes

“There are lots of kinds of feminism, but ultimately it's about letting people be human beings”
“For me itâ€™s always just been about experiencing the things I love and documenting them. I have gotten a lot of joy out of what I do, and I feel lucky to be able to spread that joy.”
“Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.”
“It may well be a sign of the decadence of the Church and the failure of Christianity that gifts have to be coaxed out of people, and that often they will not give at all unless they get something for their money in the way of entertainment or of goods. Giving which is real giving has a certain recklessness in it.”
“Liberty is to faction what air is to fire...”
“For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.”
“Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.”
“autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror.”

Source : Elizabeth Goudge (1948). “Pilgrim's Inn”

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