#breathing

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

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Holy hotness. He is beautiful. I mean truly beu-ti-ful. Like the kind of beautiful they build statues to worship. ~ Sara ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#rebecca-donovan #the-breathing-series #beauty

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#breathing #capacity #every #feeling #life

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth. ↗

— David Duchovny

#breathing #cliche #day #down #every

It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#because #breathing #conversation #having #like

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

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