#ness

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#death #image #leads #sadness #silence

The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. ↗

— Joseph Roux

#even #lacking #makes #think #unbearable

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. ↗

— Joseph Roux

#call #every #father #friend #here

Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world. ↗

— Karl Rove

#around #business #competition #county #longer

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad. ↗

— John Rowland

#also #ask #bad #forgiveness #good

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#anything #away #because #began #benefits

No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#couple #extra #heartbeat #hours #i

The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgement free. ↗

— Gabrielle Roy

#free #his #judgement #keep #main

Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#business #busy #home #i #life

For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#cannot #concrete #consciousness #consists #form