#because

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#because #forgive #haste #knows #make

Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#because #chance #dear #enough #feel

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness. ↗

— Helen Keller

#between #bible #bright #cannot #consolations

Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#dissidents #forever #want

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all. ↗

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

#life #names #person #real #real life

When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm very curious to know him. If I neither recognise nor know him, then it is better that I don't play him. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#better #choose #curious #either #him

It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#bring #buying #happiness #horrible #interested

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#great #had #haven #i #influences

Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy. ↗

— Robert Reich

#almost #because #concentration #concerned #democracy

I called the album 'The Chemo' because it seems like the industry and music overall is dying slowly. ↗

— Busta Rhymes

#because #called #dying #i #industry