#or

The whispers of shared ecstasy are choral. ↗

— George Steiner

#ecstasy #whisper #grammar

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument and amenable to reason. Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all. ↗

— Barack Obama

#democracy #government #religion #faith

You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it. ↗

— Camilla Belle

#comes #emotions #hard #just #living

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? ↗

— Hillel the Elder

#self-worth #self-worth

I will always catch you when you fall ↗

— Lauren Kate

#kate

I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#better #comfortable #endurance #feel #i

You know what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash. ↗

— Bill Maher

#environmental-disaster #environmentalism #humour #renewable-energy #environmentalism

Margaret the Churchwoman, her father the Dissenter, Higgins the Infidel, knelt down together. It did them no harm. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#north-and-south #infidelity

It's not about worthiness, it's about willingness. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#willingness-to-believe #willingness-to-practice #worthiness #r-alan-woods

I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#get #hip #how #i #like