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I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable, but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#life #suffering #wisdom #wit #life

After all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because they are growing. We should be very patient with each other, I think. ↗

— George Eliot

#growth #life

So it seems as though this part of us that is living a life on Earth is only a small piece or splinter of a much larger us. That we are many rather than one, or rather pieces of a more complex whole. We are only able to focus on the splinter we perceive as our totality. That is a good thing, because if we were aware of the complexity of it we would not be able to function in this world or reality. We are only able to see the facade that masks a much larger picture. Only now are we being allowed to peek behind the veil. ↗

— Dolores Cannon

#personality #life

If good stuff happened to us until we died it wouldn't be called Life. It would be called Great. ↗

— Drew

#veins #life

If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#writer-s-block #writing #life

The last of the cherry blossom. On the tree, it turns ever more perfect. And when it’s perfect, it falls. And then of course once it hits the ground it gets all mushed up. So it’s only absolutely perfect when it’s falling through the air, this way and that, for the briefest time!.!.!. ↗

— David Mitchell

#perfect #philosophy #life

...I've learned that doing what you think is right doesn't always make you feel good. For another, I've learned that sometimes you just have to keep on going when you want to do nothing but drop. And that just doing the everyday things, like keeping a shop running or getting up every morning, will keep the work going until things can straighten out again. And doing those things right every day soon becomes more important than the more pressing issues of the time. ↗

— Ann Rinaldi

#doing-what-is-right #everyday-life #perseverance #courage

I can't wait to work for Rick Kaplan. He's a great producer. I would host an infomercial if he would produce it. ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#host #i #produce #producer #rick

That’s the thing about living vicariously; it’s so much faster than actual living. ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#life #life-quotes #literature #living #quotes

The facts of life are very stubborn things. ↗

— Cleveland Amory

#life #stubborn #things #very