#being

We have the melancholy dilemma of not being in a state to make peace or to prosecute war. ↗

— George Montagu

#dilemma #make #melancholy #peace #prosecute

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#being #events #govern #i #myself

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#despise #infirmities #most #our #savage

It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#being #divine #enjoy #how #know

Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first. ↗

— Ricardo Montalban

#aware #being #blind #color #differences

Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#arts #background #civilization #contemporary #dark

I am an artist and a political being as well. ↗

— Robin Morgan

#artist #being #i #i am #political

Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics... I just go in and let it happen. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#come #contemplating #day #go #happen

I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#being #being human #compelled #continue #feel

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#dragged #i #instead #life #through