"The rationale that etiquette should be eschewed because it fosters inequality does not ring true in a society that openly admits to a feverish interest in the comparative status-conveying qualities of sneakers. Manners are available to all, for free."
Judith Martin
Inspiration
Everything about a person may not be perfect, but there are somethings in every person that deserve our respect.
Debasish Mridha
"What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action."
Meister Eckhart
"Poetry is never abandon it is only remixed."
James Schwartz
"This means, in a way, that true light is dependent on the presence of other lights. Take the others away and darkness results. Yet the reverse is not true: take away darkness and there is only more darkness. Darkness can exist by itself. Light cannot."
N.K. Jemisin
Inspiration
[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
Edward O. Wilson
Inspiration
John: I'm experiencing an odd sensation. I think it might be patriotism.Spitfire: Steady. Too much of that can damage your health.
Paul Cornell
Inspiration
The beauty of art is that it comes from the heart.
T.A. Uner
"Wisdom is in uniconsciousness."
Unknown
Inspiration
When women agree with me I always do the other thing.
Charles Bukowski
"The fact is: Jesus wrote not a solitary word that survives. Equally astounding is historical silence: not a single historical account refers to him during his lifetime from any source whatsoever, Roman or Jewish, official or personal."
Thomas Daniel Nehrer
Inspiration
Stories come alive in the telling. (…)They lay dormant, hoping for the chance to emerge. Once someone started to read them, they could begin to change. They could take root in the imagination and transform the reader. Stories wanted to be read.
John Connolly
"In any situation, listen and follow the first instinct, the sacred inner voice."
Anonymous
"I should have bailed. That little voice had my back. That little voice is older than I am. It's older than the oldest person who ever lived. I should have listened to that voice."
Anonymous
Inspiration
Anything exceptional gets crushed by common people with jealousy and ignorance and all their common evils.
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