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Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others. Martin Luther King jr.
Fulton J. Sheen quote: "Love burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and..."
Love burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and even the wrongs of others. Fulton J. Sheen
And of the sixth day yet remained. There wanted yet the master work, the end. Of all yet done: a creature who not prone And brute as other creatures but endued. With sanctity of reason might erect His stature and, upright with front serene, Govern the rest, self-knowing, and from thence. Magnanimous to correspond with Heaven, But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends, thither with heart and voice and eyes. Directed in devotion to adore And worship God supreme who made him chief. Of... John Milton
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias. Learned Hand
Morality did not begin by one man saying to another, "I will not hit you if you do not hit me"; there is no trace of such a transaction. There IS a trace of both men having said, "We must not hit each other in the holy place. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I realized I was going to get through this disappointing service, and anyway, you have to be somewhere: better here, where I have heard truth spoken so often, than, say, at the DMV, or home alone, orbiting my own mind. And it's good to be out where others can see you, so you can't be your ghastly spoiled self. It forces you to act slightly more elegantly, and this improves your thoughts, and thereby the world. Anne Lamott
Dwight L. Moody quote: "Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will..."
Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian. Dwight L. Moody
Don’t you think there are two great things in life that we ought to aim at—truth and kindness? Let’s have both if we can, but let’s be sure of having one or the other. E. M. Forster
Tennessee Williams quote: "Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick...."
Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other. Tennessee Williams
John Braine quote: "Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing..."
Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing every other pleasure loses its savour. John Braine
Military people never seem to apologize for killing each other yet novelists feel ashamed for writing some nice inert paper book that is not certain to be read by anybody. Leonora Carrington
Gustave Flaubert quote: "When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a..."
When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women Gustave Flaubert
The mind-is not the heart. I may yet live, as I know others live, To wish in vain to let go with the mind-Of cares, at night, to sleep; but nothing tells me. That I need learn to let go with the heart. Robert Frost
J. K. Rowling quote: "We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful..."
We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that. J. K. Rowling
Keep me up till five because all your stars are out, and for no other reason…Oh dare to do it Buddy! Trust your heart. You’re a deserving craftsman. It would never betray you. Good night. I’m feeling very much over-excited now, and a little dramatic, but I think I’d give almost anything on earth to see you writing a something, an anything, a poem, a tree, that was really and truly after your own heart. J. D. Salinger

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