"World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion."

-- Dalai Lama

#Life Quotes #Spiritual Quotes #Peace Quotes

“Harcourt sent my book to Evelyn Waugh and his comment was: â€œIf this is really the unaided work of a young lady, it is a remarkable product.â€ My mother was vastly insulted. She put the emphasis on if and lady. Does he suppose youâ€™re not a lady? she says.”
“A lot of people didn't realize that with the carpet being pulled out from under me in such a short time frame I got to such a bad place.”

Source : Biography/ Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“My personal style has seen so many highs and lows. Probably more lows than highs.”
“There's a sense here in L.A. that everybody's aware of everybody all the time. It's funny but we choose it. People who are here want to be here, including me.”
“And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his own blood, he rots away himself-more birds than women flocking round his body!”
“If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.”
“I am not wrong: Wrong is not my name”
“At some point, human intelligence became collective and cumulative in a way that happened to no other animal.”

Source : Matt Ridley (2010). “The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves”, p.5, HarperCollins UK

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