#hearts

There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#ever #fire #great #hearts #himself

You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts. ↗

— Stedman Graham

#because #black #hearts #know #men

We're meant to stay connected to our hearts, you see. Feeling our feelings, present in the moments we're given. But we don't do that. And that's when we get in trouble. ... We mature and take responsibility for ourselves and others, and that's a good thing. But we're never meant to lose that alive quality, to get cut off from our true hearts. Growing up isn't the same thing as shutting down. ... We can fight it. We have to fight it. Because when our hearts shut down, we become mere shells of who we once were. We don't laugh—not honestly, not from the heart. We don't dream. We don't feel our feelings or use our gifts. We end up trying to just survive instead of live. It's like we've handed our hearts over to the enemy of our souls and said, 'Here you can have it. I'm giving up. ↗

— Denise Hildreth Jones

#living #our-hearts #dreams

Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed. ↗

— Alberta Hunter

#because #been #blues #disturbed #does

You may depend upon it that they are as good hearts to serve men in palaces as in cottages. ↗

— Robert Owen

#good #hearts #may #men #palaces

A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops. ↗

— Amos Oz

#conflict #ends #hearts #minds #people

Working overseas is more difficult in that it's much more complicated to get people to open their hearts to you and to tell you information. ↗

— John Pomfret

#difficult #get #hearts #information #more

Radio allowed people to act with their hearts and minds. ↗

— Dick York

#allowed #hearts #minds #people #radio

I learned a long time ago that most of my family and friends had plastic hearts. Plastic hearts are made so they cannot be broken. Cracked maybe, but never broken. ↗

— Lisa De Jong

#dane-wright #plastic-hearts #family

Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind. ↗

— Mary Astell

#any #convincing #ever #hearts #mind