#or

However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we can go on to be whole. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

#confused #face #faced #go #however

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

#made #stories #universe

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work. ↗

— Ann Rule

#down #express #lazy #lazy people #other

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity. ↗

— Jane Rule

#integrity #morality #our #rather #test

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ↗

— Rumi

#desire #every #every heart #everyone #heart

Civilization is hideously fragile and there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. ↗

— Carrie P. Snow

#between #civilization #coat #fragile #hideously

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world. ↗

— Epictetus

#does #master #most #regard #though

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. ↗

— Rumi

#anything #comes #form #grieve #lose

Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness. ↗

— Rumi

#cup #disappear #fills #front #hurt

Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#connect #destruction #dots #gun #happens