#esp

These violent delights have violent ends. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#suddenness #wisdom #shakespeare

If there really had been a Mercutio, and if there really were a Paradise, Mercutio might be hanging out with teenage Vietnam draftee casualties now, talking about what it felt like to die for other people's vanity and foolishness. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#futility #shakespeare #shakespeare

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#stealing #theft #shakespeare

Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Lord Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#literature #shakespeare #literature

There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4) ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare

I have good reason to be content, for thank God I can read and perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths. ↗

— John Keats

#shakespeare #shakespeare

Rude am I in my speech, And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#speech

When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title. ↗

— Criss Jami

#discernment #equality #geniune #human #human-being

If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#friends #inspirational #life #motivational #purpose

We are not here to match and homogenize and agree on every point. One size of spirituality does not fit all. We are here to be our divine selves, boldly, passionately, respectfully, to the absolute best of our ability — and this, this is more than enough. ↗

— sera break

#diversity #inner-divinity #self-respect #spirituality #respect