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Smartass Disciple: Which one was first created, time or things? Master of Stupidity: No things, no changes. No changes, no time. ↗

— Toba Beta

#clarity-of-perception #creation #first #logic #things

Reading stimulates the imagination and a good imagination can change the world in the most splendid of ways. ↗

— Meredith Wood

#books-reading #imagination #change

Wonderful. Gives a whole new meaning to flour power. You'll undoubtedly change the world, one fruitcake at a time. ↗

— Kimberly Frost

#humor #change

UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning opportunities that empower poor women ... will have more impact on curbing population growth that the current system of "encouraging" family planning practices through intimidation tactics.. Family planning should be left to the family. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#family-planning #poverty #social-change #women #change

The common element in all the special forms of contemplation is the loving, yearning, affirming bent toward that happiness which is the same as God Himself, and which is the aim and purpose of all that happens in the world. ↗

— Josef Pieper

#god #happiness #love #love

I shall love my kind of love anyway, doggedly, for I must certainly do the best I can with my own nature and if my nature is to love too well or from afar or to be grateful for crumbs...well, so be it. ↗

— Carol Emshwiller

#human-nature #love #love

The mistake the two of us made,’ I said, ‘was that we skimped the foreplay. I’m not blaming you, it was as much my fault as yours, but it was a fault nonetheless. ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#love #mistake #love

When you feel down and out you must reach up and out--to Spirit! Our strength will only resonate deep within your souls if you open your heart and minds with us. ↗

— Jim Fargiano

#happiness #inner-strength #love #motivation #spiritual

Well, you're right. I'm a Freak." "Huh?" "I love being bullied. Being hit and kicked by others gets me totally excited. That's what kind of freak I am. Sorry if that bothers you. ↗

— Yuna Kagesaki

#freak #hit #hurt #kick #love

They were all looking at him with an unpronounceable hunger. Actually it was a lot like the faces you see in porn, but with less certainty of the course of action. It was as if they couldn't decide whether to fuck him first, and then eat him, or the other way around. Except that probably wouldn't work as well. ↗

— Amelia Beamer

#zombies #love