#iv

[T]he power of enclosing land and owning property was brought into the creation by your ancestors by the sword; which first did murder their fellow creatures, men, and after plunder or steal away their land, and left this land successively to you, their children. And therefore, though you did not kill or thieve, yet you hold that cursed thing in your hand by the power of the sword; and so you justify the wicked deeds of your fathers, and that sin of your father shall be visited upon the head of you and your children to the third and fourth generation, and longer too, till your bloody and thieving power be rooted out of the land. ↗

— Winstanley

#theft #men

The baking wind tore at his hat and he held it by the brim with one hand. It relieved him to look at it, for the great river was like a long tale, of both great joy and great woe. And it seemed to be a story road that a person could take, and it would take him to some place where he could free his mind. Men had striven against one another to control the unreeling river-road, battling at New Madrid and Island Number Ten, at Baton Rouge and Vicksburg, in the heat of the summer and the humid choking air of the malarial swamps. But the river carried away men and guns and the garbage of war, covering it over, washing itself clean again as if they had never been. ↗

— Paulette Jiles

#men

Because we follow Christ and are citizens in the kingdom of God, the rationale “that’s just the way it is,” is not near enough motivation or excuse to keep going with the flow. ↗

— Ronnie McBrayer

#motivational

It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat. ↗

— Richard Koch

#career #hard-work #motivation #productivity #work

Unhappiness, the coals that fuel the flame of ambition. ↗

— RTB III

#hope #motivation #motivational

الصداقة الحقيقية تُعيدُ تعريف المطر لأنها تأتي دون مقابل ↗

— ياسر حارب

#motivational

[R]elying on nonfinancial motivations may actually make systems more tolerant of variable participation. ↗

— Clay Shirky

#motivational

I want to lead an important life. I want to do it because I was born a human being. ↗

— Eiji Yoshikawa

#samurai #motivational

After a few seconds of scraping, I realize what he has isn’t a trail, it’s a whole forest! Ack! Weren’t all men supposed to shave their chest and stuff nowadays? Whatever happened to having fuzz-free Hollywood heroes as role models? At least my embarrassment is completely foregone by the irritation at his lack of upkeep. The only thing distracting me now is that heady mix of musk, shaving cream and a distinctly…male scent. And God knows that is one seriously jeopardizing distraction. Especially with a whizzing needle in one’s hand. ↗

— Rucy Ban

#book-boyfriend #erotic #funny #inked #love

كلما زادت وُعورة الطريق كانت نهايته أجمل ↗

— ياسر حارب

#motivational