#ang

Want wat is contact tussen mensen, tussen de mens en de wereld, tussen hem en zijn tijd, anders dan een substituut voor het contact dat geen vragen onbeantwoord laat? Dit boek gaat over de aard van dat verlangen. Over de voorstellingen die in plaats komen van wat we willen omarmen, maar wat we niet kunnen omarmen. En zo komt ook dit boek, net als ieder ander boek, in plaats van wat ik eigenlijk wilde zeggen, maar waar de woorden niet voor zijn. ↗

— Coen Simon

#verlangen #men

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. ↗

— Stephen R. Covey

#change

I press my forehead against hers. "I'm so glad you showed up," I whisper. "You changed my life forever that night. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#this-girl #change

One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world. ↗

— Barack Obama

#change

As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#change

Silence, and then Eve said, "Okay, that was extra creepy, with whipped creepy topping. And this is me, changing my mind. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#morganville-vampires #change

God created many races wilier than men. But it doesn't mean angels higher than us. ↗

— Toba Beta

#higher #human #wilier #men

Politicians are like warts on the body of society. And the only thing worse than warts are lawyers and lobbyists.
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— Jarod Kintz

#lobbyists #politicians #politics #society #change

Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#free-thought #inspirational #judging #life #motivational

I change the world, the world changes me. ↗

— Libba Bray

#gemma-doyle #inspirational #world #change