#pa

Giulio was against our meeting. He didn't want me getting mixed up in things that, in his opinion, were no concern of mine. For decades the respectable people here did nothing but repeat that the Mafia was no concern of theirs but only involved the people involved in it. But I used to teach my pupils that the see-nothing, know-nothing attitude is the most mortal of sins. So now that its my turn to tell what I saw, I'm supposed to take a step back? ↗

— Andrea Camilleri

#attitude

Work as if there's no one to help you, and learn as if everybody is with you. ↗

— saransh garg

#creativity #hard-work #leadership #motivational-inspirational #oppurtunity

I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although devil knows you’re all those things. I want you because there’s no one else like you, and I don’t ever want to start a day without seeing you. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#love #soulmate #beauty

Because if they grow up holding on to such terrible feelings, it could lead to another war come time in the future when the fate of the country is in their hands. ↗

— Erin Gruwell

#future-leaders #generation #negative-attitude #negativity #pain

Kissing - and I mean like, yummy, smacking kissing - is the most delicious, most beautiful and passionate thing that two people can do, bar none. Better than sex, hands down. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#beautiful #better #delicious #down #hands

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting. ↗

— Brené Brown

#inspirational-attitude #parenting #self-help #attitude

My God, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them?" That uncomfortable feeling was spreading over me again. "What about them?" "The color," he breathed. "When you stand in the light. They're amazing... like molten gold. I could paint those..." He reached toward me but then pulled back. "They're beautiful. You're beautiful. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#beautiful #eyes #paint #sunlight #sydney-sage

We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #wisdom #love

Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us. ↗

— David Richo

#inspiration #pain #psychology #relationships #therapy

Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#space #stars #beauty