#elves

We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#chains #comfort #death #die #even

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#born #families #into #know #make

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment. ↗

— Marsha Sinetar

#again #burning #burning desire #desire #disappointment

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. It also means that without it life will be valueless. ↗

— Marsha Sinetar

#business #find #know #life #living

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves. ↗

— Peter Singer

#children #concern #ethical #good #good people

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. ↗

— Diogenes of Sinope

#counselors #distinguish #generally #leaders #person

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#aim #already #assuring #encourage #flattery

I see myself as most people see themselves, you have good days and bad days. I don't think I'm better looking now than I did three years ago. ↗

— Bill Skarsgard

#bad #bad days #better #better looking #days

There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.' ↗

— Stellan Skarsgard

#authorities #best #called #come #communist

Women in the service put themselves in harms way to protect us and our Nation from threats at home and abroad. The least we can do is ensure they are protected when facing a horrible tragedy. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#ensure #facing #harms #home #horrible