#in

Religion is no more the parent of morality than an incubator is the mother of a chicken. ↗

— Lemuel K. Washburn

#incubator #morality #more #mother #parent

I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#also #changing #close #constantly #even

I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#america #backward #believe #black #civil

'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again. ↗

— Isaac Watts

#complain #heard #him #i #me

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. ↗

— Martha Washington

#depends #dispositions #experience #greater #happiness

I live a very dull life here... indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else. ↗

— Martha Washington

#anything #dull #else #here #i

Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people working together racially, ethnically, rich and poor - all segments of the city. ↗

— Walter Washington

#city #concern #ethnically #for the people #get

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#life #my life #self-conscious #trying

The suffering that started off challenging our being and our ideas of what life is and should be ends up opening our heart, expanding our identity, and connecting us forever to the human family and life. ↗

— John P Schuster

#workplace-wisdom #art

Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#comes #dew #down #earth #flowers