#ene

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#politeness #fashion

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense. ↗

— Gretchen Rubin

#kindness #offensive #politeness #tact #fun

Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate — and quickly. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#enemy

The enemies of your enemies are not always your friends, but they can still be useful. ↗

— James D. Sass

#noremorse #war #warfare #satan

Bienvenidos a mi barco pirata. Vamos rumbo a Venecia, a cazar vampiros. ↗

— Sofía Navarro

#bienvenida #caza #pirata #piratas #pirate

She was looking for something I could never give her." Again his dark eyes bored into Julia's mind. "You have something of the same about you, young woman. Take my advice: Don't think you will find it in another person. You won't. It's not there. You must find it in yourself. ↗

— Iain Pears

#individuality #search #self-awareness #self-reliance #dreams

My life and most people's lives are a series of little miracles -- strange coincidences which spring from uncontrollable impulses and give rise to incomprehensible dreams. We spend a lot of time pretending that we are normal, but underneath the surface each one of us knows that he or she is unique. ↗

— Colin Clark

#uniqueness #dreams

Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside. ↗

— Peter Deunov

#enlightenment #happiness #inner-peace #self-fulfillment #wisdom

you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#self-awareness #sun

Seemingly minor yet persistent things penetrate the mind over time making it difficult to ever realize the impact; hence, though quite unfortunate, the most dangerous forms of corruption are those that are subtle and below the radar. ↗

— Criss Jami

#consciousness #corruption #dangerous #impact #mass-media