#ch

We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good. ↗

— Cornel West

#community #deeper #good #had #important

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#always #annoys #forgive #much #nothing

I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to really make it a challenge. I don't know how to create by taking the easy routes. I've tried, you know, I've tried to let myself, but I always struggle to compensate. ↗

— Jack White

#anything #challenge #compensate #create #easy

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#choice #chooses #evils #pessimist #two

My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in. ↗

— Jack White

#children #feels #know #like #mother

Every person has a dark side. What defines a person with good character is not a spotless life of constant kindness, smiles and even temperament. But rather, it’s the yearning to learn from your mistakes, applying it, making amends for them and choosing not to repeat them that defines good character. These are the friends to keep in your life because they have stared adversity in the face and became a better person because of it. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#forgiveness #friendship #second-chances #forgiveness

Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery 'cause of the release you sign that says there's always a very small percent chance that you'll die during the operation. ↗

— Billy West

#before #cause #chance #die #during

Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists. ↗

— Cornel West

#cheap #clever #distraction #gimmicks #mass

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference. ↗

— Kanye West

#changed #difference #going #his #jordan

Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God. ↗

— Jim Elliot

#christian-life #inspirational #religion #forgiveness