‘Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism, and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.’
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‘Accept who you are and what you want to do and try your best to stay true and do it, and the rewards will come.’
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‘We’re only as sick as our secrets’
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‘According to some scientists, our brains have an unbounded talent for creativity, promising that we can become whatever we imagine’
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‘Ultimately, achieving something positive in life – leaving darkness behind and discovering the light – is about wisdom, the wisdom that comes from surviving experience.’
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‘Strugglers are worth more emotionally than achievers. I really admire strugglers. I have empathy for them, people who are trying to make a change rather than sitting on the laurels of victory.’
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‘Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering, whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed.’
from ‘The Great Divorce‘ – C.S Lewis
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‘We obey the landowners creed. If it’s attractive, you shoot it, if it’s ugly, you marry it.’
from Darkest Day – Christopher Fowler
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‘Artistic people are often born in adversity and thrive on pain.’
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‘When one walks on the wire, it is a question of balance, of confidence in yourself. But the wire is like life. It is the line of life. If you stick on the right path, there is nothing to fear. For me, it is that fundamental, to have conviction, to stay true to oneself.’
–Didier Pasquette – High Wire Walker, from ‘The Society Of Timid Souls‘ by Polly Morland
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