#ability

It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and, if discovered and responded to, must lead, ignis-fatuus-like, into miry wilds whence there is no extrication. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#flattery #love #secret-love #sense #unavowed-love

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow ↗

— Alberto Nikas

#life

The ill effects of thought come about when we forget that thought is a function of our consciousness... an ability that we as human beings have. We are the producers of our own thinking. ↗

— Richard Carlson

#about #beings #come #consciousness #effects

We don't think a sustainable society need be stagnant, boring, uniform, or rigid. It need not be, and probably could not be, centrally controlled or authoritarian. It could be a world that has the time, the resources, and the will to correct its mistakes, to innovate, to preserve the fertility of its planetary ecosystems. It could focus on mindfully increasing quality of life rather than on mindlessly expanding material consumption and the physical capital stock. ↗

— Donella H. Meadows

#society #sustainability #life

And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything. ↗

— Christine Feehan

#love #vulnerability #love

Armed I am with love. Disarmed I am. ↗

— Manuel Alegre

#poetry #vulnerability #weapon #love

If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#accountability #communicating #constituents #greater #our

Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him. ↗

— Washington Irving

#the-mutability-of-literature #writers #writing #inspirational

I suppose [my life] has most resembled a blue chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy, and I've learned that not everyone can say that about his life. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#stability #life

Not all can believe anything they want to, because not all have the ability to believe. ↗

— Toba Beta

#belief #chance #gift #life #truth