#con

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one. ↗

— John Lennon

#connection #dreamers #dreaming #dreams #hope

Everything I do is going to contain the message that men who are going to be comfortable with powerful women are going to be more powerful men. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#equality

I have now been an officer in this Church for a very long time. I am an old man who cannot deny the calendar. I have lived long enough and served in enough different capacities to have removed from my mind, if such were necessary, any doubt of the divinity of this, the work of God. We respect those of other churches. We desire their friendship and hope to render meaningful service with them. We know they all do good, but we unabashedly state—and this frequently brings criticism upon us—that this is the true and living Church of our Father in Heaven and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#lds #october- #friendship

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#confusion #funny

The albatross hit the top and canted her soft belly to the storm, and made a screaming banked peel-out downwind and over the other side. I don't know if anyone else on the ship saw her. To me, she was a visitation. Not harbinger or annunciation, but a simple reminder of a wold that worked, that was at home with itself and friends with storm. ↗

— Peter Heller

#conservation #page- #home

NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR? Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich buggers is bastards? And being poor don't mean being naughty, neither. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#economics #money #morality #society #death

Malachi scowled. "I don't remember the Clave inviting you into the Glass City, Magnus Bane." "They didn't," Magnus said. "Your wards are down." "Really?" the Consul's voice dripped sarcasm. "I hadn't noticed." Magnus looked concerned. "That's terrible. Someone should have told you." He glanced at Luke. "Tell him the wards are down. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #magnus-bane #sarcasm #humor

Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#humor #ignorance #knowledge #humor

I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it. ↗

— Jean Kerr

#i #make #mistakes #second

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#fighting #inspirational #trial #inspirational