#ira

If you love somebody set them free- it also works equally well if you hate somebody ↗

— Josh Stern

#hate #humor-inspirational #love #equality

The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way they could get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today. ↗

— Lawrence M. Krauss

#stardust #universe #inspirational

Legislators, priests, philosophers, writers, ans scientists have striven to show that the subordinate position of woman is willed in heaven and advantageous on earth. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#inspirational #women-s-rights #equality

I can't help it either, the laughing: solemn gatherings, slow ballads, pompous orations, any person or occasion that assumes I'll offer my unreserved respect: I tend to find them all hysterical in the end. Especially if someone similar is there to set me off. They don't have to do much: I recognize what it looks like when somebody's composure starts to strip itself away. They'll maybe cross their arms with that twitchy, shaky, tension, or they'll grab down little wheezes of embarrassed air, or they'll simply hood their faces under their palm, trying to hide how fast they're slipping, how fast *we're* slipping, because I'll be weakening with them by then, I'll be just as lost, pulled equally tight against the moment when we both stop caring and let it disgrace us -- when we laugh. ↗

— A.L. Kennedy

#equality

The amount of time an individual may spend pondering over what his neighbor has and what he does not, is equivalent to the amount of time the individual has lost in becoming an equal to his neighbors. ↗

— Victoria Addino

#inspirational-life #positive-thinking #self-motivation #equality

What fire does not destroy, it hardens ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#spiritual-growth #inspirational

You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. ↗

— Mia Hamm

#inspirational

One thing of great importance can affect a small number of people. Equally so, a thing of little importance can affect a multitude. Either way, a happening — big or small — can affect an entire string of people. Occurences can join us all together. ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

#lesson #people #equality

We could all do with a bit more joy in our lives couldn't we? The wonderful thing is that when we start spreading joy, we begin to actually experience more joy in our lives too! ↗

— Steve Goodier

#joy #spirituality #experience