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[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#captivity #freedom #marriage #married-life #matrimony

A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#truth #women #freedom

The best way to avoid abuses is for the populace in general to be scientifically literate, to understand the implications of such investigations. In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work. If science is considered a closed priesthood, too difficult and arcane for the average person to understand, the dangers of abuse are greater. But if science is a topic of general interest and concern - if both its delights and its social consequences are discussed regularly and competently in the schools, the press, and at the dinner table - we have greatly improved our prospects for learning how the world really is and for improving both it and us. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#freedom

She continued her own studies, principally attending to German, and to Literature; and every Sunday she went alone to the German and English chapels. Her walks too were solitary, and principally taken in the allée défendue, where she was secure from intrusion. This solitude was a perilous luxury to one of her temperament; so liable as she was to morbid and acute mental suffering. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#mental-health

Live life with a purpose and live it full out. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#life #motivational #purpose #inspirational

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. ↗

— Chauncey Depew

#first #first step #getting #going #somewhere

There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient. ↗

— Sivananda

#be patient #failures #good #now #patient

When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one. ↗

— Paul Brunton

#inspirational #wisdom #inspirational

The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids. ↗

— Donna Quesada

#inspiration #teachers #teaching #wisdom-quote #zen

Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#inspirational #humor