#iona

The problem isn't how to make the world more technological. It's about how to make the world more humane again. ↗

— John Maeda

#inspirational

Without a whole lot of pressure, a diamond is just a piece of coal. ↗

— Miriam Darnell

#philosophical #inspirational

Tribute to Fatima Bint Muhammad (PBUH)in Persian Maryam az yek nisbat-e-Eesa azeez, As seh nisbat hazrat-e-Zahra azeez Noor-e-chashm-e Rahmat-il-lil ‘aalemin Un imam-e-awwalin-o-aahirin Un ke jan dar payka-e-geeti dameed Rozgaar-e-taaza aa’in aafreed Baanu-e un taajdaar-e-hal ata Murtaza mushkil kusha sher-e-xuda Paadshhah-o-kulba’ee aywaan-e-oo Yek hussam-o-yek zirh saamaan-e-oo Maadar-e-un markaz-e-parkaar-e-ishq Maadar-e-un kaarwan saalaar-e-ishq Un yeki sham’e shabistaan-e-haram Hafiz-e-jamee’at-e khayrul-umam Taa nasheenad aatash-e-paykaar-o-kin Pusht-epa zad ba sar-e-taaj-o-nagin Wan digar mawlaa-e abraar-e-jahaan Quwwat-e baazu-e-ahraar-e-jahaan Dar nawaa-e-zindagi soz az Husayn Ahl-e-haq hurriyat amoz az Husayn Seerat-e-farzandaha az ummahaat Jawhar-e-sidq-o-safa az ummahaat ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal Indian Poet

#inspirational

I'm not saying there's no such thing as genius. But if you're trying to choose between two theories and one gives you an excuse for being lazy, the other one is probably right. ↗

— Paul Graham

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Let the Lord your God be your hope – seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people who hope from him riches or perishable and transitory honours, in short they hope to get from God things which are not God himself. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#inspirational #inspirational

The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale... ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#christmas #holiday #holidays #nutcracker #nuts

All was forgiven. All living things were brothers, and all dead things were even more so. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#inspirational

When you want something, he entire universe conspires to help you achieve it. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

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I'll illustrate the cover of your book for a million dollars. Wait, just let me find my crayons. ↗

— Ederyn Khushrenada

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The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamouring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#sea #soul #speak #waves #inspirational