#less

So it's Mr. Wiggin and Who The Hell Are You.' 'About right,' Bean replied. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#nameless-hero #humor

I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be. ↗

— Otis Williams

#human #i #instead #learned #life

Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying to restate those musical and cultural elements clearly and vehemently. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#been #clearly #cultural #define #dismissed

We pray that henceforth not only Japan but all mankind may know the blessings of harmony and progress. ↗

— Shigeru Yoshida

#harmony #henceforth #japan #know #mankind

You move forward. You face up to your challenges. You don't retreat. You're young, and sometimes you'll wish you could. But don't. ↗

— Ellyn Bache

#art

We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count? ↗

— Louise Penny

#blessings #attitude

A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl. ↗

— Stephan Hoeller

#beauty

It became obvious why Catholics had built such beautiful cathedrals and churches throughout the world. Not as gathering or meeting places for Christians. But as a home for Jesus Himself in the Blessed Sacrament. Cathedrals house Jesus. Christians merely come and visit Him. The cathedrals and churches architecturally prepare our souls for the beauty of the Eucharist. ↗

— Allen R. Hunt

#cathedrals #catholicism #christ #christianity #churches

If ever you do go back, what is it you want of Evesham?" "Do I know? [...] The silence, it might be ... or the stillness. To have no more running to do ... to have arrived, and have no more need to run. The appetite changes. Now I think it would be a beautiful thing to be still. ↗

— Ellis Peters

#arrival #attachment #belonging #completion #fullfilment

But while my inner voice was clearly telling me I was at my core an entrepreneur, it's inconvenient to decide at twenty-three that you can't really work for other people. ↗

— Kelly Cutrone

#entrepreneur #life-lessons #business