"When a friend needs consoling, do not give in to the temptation of telling stories similar to theirs of disaster or bereavement. It is something people often do to show empathy but nothing is more tiresome than other people's problems when you want to focus on your own. Listening is by far the best form of consolation."

-- Giles Andreae

#Grief Quotes #Giving Quotes #People Quotes

“[In the case of research director, Willis R. Whitney, whose style was to give talented investigators as much freedom as possible, you may define "serendipity" as] the art of profiting from unexpected occurrences. When you do things in that way you get unexpected results. Then you do something else and you get unexpected results in another line, and you do that on a third line and then all of a sudden you see that one of these lines has something to do with the other. Then you make a discovery that you never could have made by going on a direct road.”
“Never mistake legibility for communication.”
“I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.”
“Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.”
“Congratulations to Donald Trump, the new president of the United States - and to the people of America, who are free.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.”

Source : "An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice: And Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness".
“Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.”
“War is not the answer. Violence is not the solution. A more peaceful world is possible.”

Source : "The Forgotten Wounded of Iraq" by Ron Kovic, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2006.

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