#come

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm. ↗

— Idries Shah

#enlightenment #little #must #otherwise #overwhelm

Man of an hard heart! Hear me, Proud, Stern, and Cruel! You could have saved me; you could have restored me to happiness and virtue, but would not! You are the destroyer of my Soul; You are my Murderer, and on you fall the curse of my death and my unborn Infant’s! Insolent in your yet-unshaken virtue, you disdained the prayers of a Penitent; But God will show mercy, though you show none. And where is the merit of your boasted virtue? What temptations have you vanquished? Coward! you have fled from it, not opposed seduction. But the day of Trial will arrive! Oh! then when you yield to impetuous passions! when you feel that Man is weak, and born to err; When shuddering you look back upon your crimes, and solicit with terror the mercy of your God, Oh! in that fearful moment think upon me! Think upon your Cruelty! Think upon Agnes, and despair of pardon! ↗

— Matthew Gregory Lewis

#arrogance #callousness #catholicism #cold-hearted-people #cruelty

Find freedom in what you aspire to become. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#become #freedom #freedom

Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can break hearts. ↗

— Tim Minchin

#humor #hurt #love #humor

My husband is not the secretary of state, I am. ↗

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

#humor #humor

Surviving is good, but overcoming is better. ↗

— Shelley Hendrix

#dream #dreams #following-dreams #inspirational #overcome-fear

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#any #become #man #nature #necessary

I want my life to be the greatest story. My very existence will be the greatest poem. Watch me burn. Love always, Charlotte ↗

— Charlotte Eriksson

#dreams #existence #goals #growing-up #inspiration

The proof is in the pudding when they come home. Will we have the data about their health, will we know where they were stationed, what their unit deployments were? I will need that information. ↗

— Anthony Principi

#come #data #deployments #health #home

Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#complex #complex system #different #easier #everyone