#pat

To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds. ↗

— Robert Jackson

#believe #ceremonies #estimate #flourish #free

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. ↗

— Stonewall Jackson

#earth #fighting #his #makes #most

I empathize with women in their high heels so I'll be there in my kilt and T-shirt and I'll walk around all day just to prove that if I can wear the shoes for 36 hours then certainly our customer can wear them. ↗

— Marc Jacobs

#around #certainly #customer #day #empathize

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. ↗

— William James

#another #being #currents #dynamic #effective

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. ↗

— William James

#community #dies #impulse #individual #sympathy

I never follow anybody's path, what they've done. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#done #follow #i #never #path

There's no way that if you get participation out of a person can they say you didn't rock it. ↗

— Jam Master Jay

#out #participation #person #rock #say

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#always #chance #condition #conscience #depend

Love is about bottomless empathy, born out of the heart’s revelation that another person is every bit as real as you are. And this is why love, as I understand it, is always specific. Trying to love all of humanity may be a worthy endeavor, but, in a funny way, it keeps the focus on the self, on the self’s own moral or spiritual well-being. Whereas, to love a specific person, and to identify with his or her struggles and joys as if they were your own, you have to surrender some of your self. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#humanity #love #funny

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#give #neither #nor #occupation #splendor