#pen

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#find #future #hope #look #must

There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent. ↗

— John Raleigh Mott

#because #changes #constructive #continent #demand

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#give #life #luxuries #necessaries #us

Politics also means educating people. It's important to speak openly with our fellow Greeks, to tell them what our problems are and that we have to change something. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#change #educating #fellow #greeks #important

Yes, hard is good. When I was in high school, I spent a lot of time on my knees playing with balls. I guess it was only natural that I became a catcher. ↗

— Mike Piazza

#became #catcher #good #guess #hard

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#contemplation #day #days #fatal #human

Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#investment #korea #make #open #open society

We owe it to the victims of the suicide bombers who struck London on 7 July 2005 to find out how the attacks happened and to learn the lessons that will spare lives in the future. ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

#bombers #find #future #happened #how

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#adventure #adventures #charm #end #eyes

There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined. ↗

— John Walters

#dependency #going #into #more #now