"Hunger, thirst, heat and cold: I had tasted them in full"

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Source : Wilfred Thesiger (2008). “Arabian Sands”, p.23, Penguin

Wilfred Thesiger

#Heat Quotes #Cold Quotes #Hunger Quotes

“Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.”
“To love ourselves is to act respectfully toward ourselves, to enjoy our own company when in solitude, to honor our limits and speak our truths.”

Source : Anodea Judith (2011). “Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self”, p.231, Celestial Arts
“When you are feeling too dull and too domesticated get on a horse, sit tall in the saddle, and for a moment live in a world that feels like risk and adventure.”
“You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.”
“I remain convinced that the most valuable use of time for a newly published author is to write a second book that's even better than the first, and a third that's better than the second, and on and on.”
“It became very important for me to stand up and design with a conscience for environment, you know? Just because you like clothes doesn't mean that you have to throw your principles out the window.”
“Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly...”
“When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety; if I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without pain. From this I understand that what I want also wants me, is looking for me and attracting me. There is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it.”

Source : Rumi (2017). “Rumi Poetry: 100 Bedtime Verses”, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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