#om

When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#inspiration #liberty #political-philosophy #strength #tyranny

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#wisdom #inspirational

I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers. ↗

— Michael Palin

#comes #i #i think #modern #now

I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own. ↗

— Michael Palin

#art #country #cultures #drama #genuinely

We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion lets you build tiny little worlds, and computers make that world even more believable. ↗

— Nick Park

#before #believable #build #could #even

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#motivational #women #imagination

The way black women say "girl" can be magical. Frankly, I have no solid beliefs about the survival of consciousness after physical death. But if it's going to happen I know what I want to see after my trek toward the light. I want to see a black woman who will smile and say, "Girl.... ↗

— Abigail Padgett

#black-women #death #life-after-death #woman #death

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#blessing #curse #every #ignored

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. ↗

— Richard Bach

#encouragement #inspiration #life #morality #selfishness

But the great artists like Michelangelo and Blake and Tolstoi--like Christ whom Blake called an artist because he had one of the most creative imaginations that ever was on earth--do not want security, egoistic or materialistic. Why, it never occurs to them. "Be not anxious for the morrow," and "which of you being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?" So they dare to be idle, i.e. not to be pressed and duty-driven all the time. They dare to love people even when they are very bad, and they dare not to try and dominate others to show them what they must do for their own good. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#art #creativity #freedom #love #peace