"Instead of committing suicide, people go to work."

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Source : Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Correction: A Novel”, p.244, Vintage

Thomas Bernhard

#Inspirational Quotes #Suicide Quotes #People Quotes

“True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.”

Source : "An Entrepreneurial Perspective on Philanthropy" by Naveen Jain, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 16, 2016.
“Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Alone you're refinding a glittering, a clarity, you're finding your distilled self. ...You think of the two types of aloneness you've known recently: this wonderful, sparkly, soul-refreshing type, and the despairing loneliness that sucks the breath from your life.”
“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.”

Source : bell hooks (2004). “The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
“Small minds are captivated by trifles.”
“If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness.”
“It is costly wisdom that is brought by experience.”
“Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.”

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