"Pain could be killed. Sadness could not, but the drugs did shut its mouth for a time."

-- Colson Whitehead

#Pain Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Drug Quotes

“No matter the job or position you have, you have the power to create positive or negative experiences for your customers. Where do you lean?”
“When you live for others' opinions, you are dead.”

Source : "Carlos Slim: The world's wealthiest man" by Paul Harris, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2010.
“Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.”

Source : Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.261, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.”
“It seems to be in fashion among Russian politicians to blame Berezovsky for everything. Soon they'll be holding him responsible for global warming, earthquakes and tsunamis.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“With my son, I work very hard to keep him away from the press and media and I want an opportunity for him to lead as normal a life as possible.”
“Living is one constant and perpetual instant when the arras-veil before what-is-to-be hangs docile and even glad to the lightest naked thrust if we had dared, were brave enough (not wise enough: no wisdom needed here) to make the rending gash.”
“One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wanted to see, to touch, to prove. Those who question and probe and debate are heirs of the apostles just as much as the most fervent of believers.”

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