#lesson

Give the People what they want - and they'll get what they deserve. ↗

— The Kinks

#irony #life-lessons #popular-culture #rock-music #wit

Do not do that again," he said stiffly. "Don't kiss me back then," I retorted. He stared at me for what seemed like forever. "I don't give 'Zen lessons' to hear myself talk. I don't give them because you're another student. I'm doing this to teach you control." "You're doing a great job," I said bitterly. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#humor #zen-lessons #humor

I don't particularly believe all love is doomed. But I guess, one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association, rather than being at the peak of one. I think it's fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it. ↗

— Nick Cave

#love #life

Just because the boat rocks doesn't mean it's time to jump overboard. ↗

— Suzanne Woods Fisher

#love #life

You might be a big fish in a little pond, Doesn't mean you've won 'Coz along may come a bigger one. ↗

— Coldplay

#inspirational #life #life-and-living #life-lesson #death

The natural way of life is perfect as it, seeds die so flowers can bloom, and in time they give themselves back to the earth. ↗

— Martin Suarez

#departing #gone #life #life-lessons #suffering-clinging

The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered... This is the Jewish lesson of the Holocaust and this is the lesson which Auschwitz taught us. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#being #cared #conclusion #holocaust #horrible

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#danger #downturn #downward #give #history

I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't. ↗

— Harry Dean Stanton

#i #lessons #sing #singing #singing lessons

I took speech training. I took a few voice lessons in college. ↗

— Harry Dean Stanton

#few #i #lessons #speech #took