“The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“Words are not that important when you recognize intentions.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“Before you conquer the mountain, you must learn to overcome your fear.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“His lifetime was less than a fraction of a second in infinity. Or maybe he did not even exist; maybe human beings, the planets, everything in Creation were a dream...an illusion. He smiled with humility when he remembered...”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“My father says that fear is good; it's the body's alarm system, it warns us of danger. But sometimes danger can't be avoided, and then you have to forget about being afraid.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“He had a principle: if you lend money and never see the person again, that's money well spent.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“هم لا يمضون مثلنا مرتدين الهواء والنور بل يستخدمون ثيابا نتنة”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“Nuestros pensamientos forman lo que suponemos que es la realidad”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“You're one of a kind, Kate!" Alex said, and smiled.
"We all are, Alexander.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“—Con la edad se adquiere cierta humildad, Alexander. Mientras más años cumplo, más ignorante me siento. Sólo los jóvenes tienen explicación para todo. A tu edad se puede ser arrogante y no importa mucho hacer el ridículo —replicó ella secamente.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
“La felicidad consiste en alcanzar aquello que hemos esperado por mucho tiempo.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts
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“I gave, at first, attention close;
Then interest warm ensued;
From interest, as improvement rose,
Succeeded gratitude.
'Obedience was no effort soon,
And labour was no pain;
If tired, a word, a glance alone
Would give me strength again.
'From others of the studious band
Ere long he singled me,
But only by more close demand
And sterner urgency.
'The task he from another took,
From me he did reject;
He would no slight omission brook
And suffer no defect.
'If my companions went astray,
He scarce their wanderings blamed.
If I but faltered in the way
His anger fiercely flamed.”
― Charlotte Brontë, quote from The Professor
“When we want to change a condition, we need to say so. “I am willing to release the pattern within me that is creating this condition.” You can say this to yourself over and over every time you think of your illness or problem. The minute you say it, you are stepping out of the victim class. You are no longer helpless; you are acknowledging your own power. You are saying, “I am beginning to understand that I created this. I now take my own power back. I am going to release this old idea and let it go.”
― Louise L. Hay, quote from You Can Heal Your Life
“Jez had gone from an evil twin to a sweet, even angelic, girl, all in less than a minute.”
― Ridley Pearson, quote from Disney at Dawn
“No man wants to give a woman the power to crush his ego, and baby, I hate to tell you this, because I like that you don’t realize how beautiful you are, but you are the kind of woman that could make a man feel like he has it all or make him feel like he has absolutely nothing.”
― Aurora Rose Reynolds, quote from Until Nico
“تنقسم السعاده الى نوعين وهناك درجات تتفاوت يها والنوعين اللذين يمكن تميزهما بسهوله هما العاده الحيوانيه والعاده الروحيه ولست معني الان بتاييد اي من هذه اختيار من هذه البدائل بل بوصف كل منهما فحسب اما الانتقاء فهو وقف على وجهةالنظر التي يمكن اثباتها ولعل اسهل طريقه لوصف الفرق بين نوعي السعاده هو القول ان النوع الواحد مفتوح لاي مخلوق بشري وان الاخير غير مفتوح الا امام من يجيدون القراءه والكتابه”
― Bertrand Russell, quote from The Conquest of Happiness
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