#inspirational

Besides, the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#inspirational #sirius #sirius-black #death

The voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again. ↗

— John Green

#dreams #inspirational #dreams

I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe and for that, I am extremely grateful. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#inspirational #science #design

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#science #design

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#inspirational #life-lessons #design

If you're serious about sanctification, you can expect to experience heart-wrenching moments that try your faith, your endurance, and your patience. ↗

— Sheri L. Dew

#faith #inspirational #lds #patience #sanctification

Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#designer #fashion #inspirational #success #design

Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#designer #fashion #inspirational #success #design

Everyone wants to be a God. We manufacture our own worlds, duping ourselves with things to escape the reality we call our lives. Drugs, alcohol, sex, work, school. Bigger houses, newer cars and designer clothes are the universes we invent to exert our god-like rule. We can't control the weather, but it's always a perfect seventy-two degrees in our central-air controlled worlds. ↗

— Brian Krans

#inspirational #worlds #design

Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating. ↗

— Donald A. Norman

#communication