#lives

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives. ↗

— William Cobbett

#lives #mind #misery

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#comfort #ecstasy #height #hermit #his

I have friends who've tried suicide many times and haven't succeeded. I myself made an attempt, so I had a connection with that sort of group of people who have tried suicide at one time in their lives. ↗

— Judy Collins

#connection #friends #group #had #haven

I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because people's lives don't have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying. ↗

— Bill Condon

#dramatic #i #lives #people #rarely

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#avoidance #beginning #clear #contaminate #contemplate

The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from. ↗

— Clarence Clemons

#being #calm #comes #connect #inner

You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather. ↗

— Albert Finney

#boyfriend #come #father #get #girl

My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised. ↗

— Colin Firth

#been #complicity #engaged #grandparents #grown

Good schools underpin not only our economy, but the social fabric of our lives. ↗

— Donald L. Carcieri

#fabric #good #good schools #lives #only

The longer we go without strong leadership from the Administration and until we see significant progress in the day-to-day lives of the Iraqi people, the more difficult it will become to sustain the support of the American people and Congress for the current course. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#american #american people #become #congress #course