“Life isn't just about darkness or light, rather it's about finding light within the darkness.”
― quote from First Night of Summer
“All things, even the deepest sorrow or the most profound happiness are all temporary. Hope is fuel for the soul, without hope, forward motion ceases.”
― quote from First Night of Summer
“Life is about the good and the bad. Good is easy. Bad is hard. Finding a way to make good from the bad is the secret. The few who discover the ability within themselves--nothing can stand in their way of happiness.”
― quote from First Night of Summer
“God, forgive those whose atrocities are so great-- I will not.”
― quote from First Night of Summer
“Darkness will never prevail. If you do not recognize the evil in our world, you will never stand up to it.”
― quote from First Night of Summer
“La extrema desigualdad en el modo de vivir, el exceso de ociosidad en unos y de trabajo en otros, la facilidad de excitar y de satisfacer nuestros apetitos y nuestra sensualidad, los alimentos tan apreciados de los ricos, que los nutren de substancias excitantes y los colman de indigestiones; la pésima alimentación de los pobres, de la cual hasta carecen frecuentemente, carencia que los impulsa, si la ocasión se presenta, a atracarse ávidamente; las vigilias, los excesos de toda especie, los transportes inmoderados de todas las pasiones, las fatigas y el agotamiento espiritual, los pesares y contrariedades que se sienten en todas las situaciones, los cuales corroen perpetuamente el alma: he ahí las pruebas funestas de que la mayor parte de nuestros males son obra nuestra, casi todos los cuales hubiéramos evitado conservando la manera de vivir simple, uniforme y solitaria que nos fue prescrita por la naturaleza. Si ella nos ha destinado a ser sanos, me atrevo casi a asegurar que el estado de reflexión es un estado contra la naturaleza, y que el hombre que medita es un animal degenerado.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, quote from Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
“إن الخوف ربما الشعور الأكثر أهمية للحفاظ على البقاء!”
― Daniel Goleman, quote from Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
“People who devote their lives to studying something often come to believe that the object of their fascination is the key to understanding everything.”
― Jonathan Haidt, quote from The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
“Never let anyone lower your goals. Others' expectations of you are determined my their limitations of life. The sky is your limit, sons. Always shoot for the sun, and you will shine.”
― Kwame Alexander, quote from The Crossover
“It was a gorgeous end-of-summer-just-starting-to-befall day. The trees swayed in the breeze. The sky was the color of cornflowers.”
― Jacqueline Davies, quote from The Lemonade Crime
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