#action

One of the grat tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying. A persistent schizophrenia leaves so many of us tragically divided against ourselves. On the one hand, we proudly profess certain sublime and noble principles, but on the other hand, we sadly practise the very antithesis of these principles. How often are our lives characterised by a high blood pressure of creeds and an anaemia of deeds! We talk eloquently about our commitment to the principles of Christianity, and yet our lives are saturated with the practices of paganism. We proclaim our devotion to democracy, but we sadly practise the very opposite of the democratic creed. We talk passionately about peace, and at the same time we assiduously prepare for war. We make our fervent pleas for the high road of justice, and then we tread unflinchingly the low road of injustice. This strange dichotomy, this agonising gulf between the ought and the is, represents the tragic theme of man's earthly pilgrimage. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#love-in-action #martin-luther-king-jr #peace #war #words

All things in Fiji are paid for in blood. ↗

— Lance Morcan

#adventure #fiji #historical-fiction #historical-romance #romance

She had to remember not to look at him when he smiled like that. ↗

— Missy Lyons

#look #love #lust #love

I don’t believe that," I said, and he raised his brow beneath his shaggy hair. "I never asked you to.” (Jessica) ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#confidence #interaction #love #minutes-before-sunset #questioning

As I looked into his eyes, trying to see into the depths of that darkness, it hit me. It was subtle, but it hit me. The rush of attraction. ↗

— Angela Richardson

#love #lust #love

The way he looked me up and down made a part of me burn with desire. Fire and electricity. Flames and sparks. Needing and wanting. Tempting temptation. ↗

— Angela Richardson

#love #lust #love

There was something she found intensely attractive about a man with a thirst for knowledge. Marc's obsessive love of books had been--she realized now--a huge part of his appeal.... ↗

— Martin Edwards

#books #knowledge #love

He loved you. ↗

— Marie Lu

#amazing #day #gay #june #legend

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#distraction #love #orhan-pamuk #reading #snow

The future is greatly different than your life now, the actions that you take must also be greatly different. You cannot do the same thing and get something different. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#future #inspirational #motivational #present-moment #inspirational