#provoking

I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#richard-feynmann #self-value #thought-provoking #values-in-life #inspirational

We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome. ↗

— Richard Bach

#religion #thought-provoking #inspirational

There's only one thing a bully respected: bigger bully. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#thought-provoking #inspirational

It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre. ↗

— N.K. Jemisin

#rational #thought-provoking #inspirational

Hatred only tarnishes the soul that carries it. ↗

— D.B. Harrop

#hatred #inspirational #inspirational-quotes #life-lessons #love

If you had to pack your whole life into a suitcase-not just the practical things, like clothing, but the memories of the people you had lost and the girl you had once been-what would you take? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#inspirational #sad #thought-provoking #inspirational

He’d only ever seen a gun once, a smaller one on the hip of that old deputy, a gun he’d always figured was more for show. He stuffed a fistful of deadly rounds in his pocket, thinking how each one could end an individual life, and understanding why such things were forbidden. Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one’s conscience to get in the way. ↗

— Hugh Howey

#inspirational #killing #thought-provoking #inspirational

To which hand do I choose to strike with when both hands are guided by the same heart? ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#inspirational #inspiring #philosophical #religious #thought-provoking

Simply by living in this particular time and space, you're doing something nearly 100% of all other humans ever never could. Don't waste it. ↗

— Bill Loguidice

#thought-provoking #inspirational

We are all only men, defined by our choices. ↗

— I.E. Castellano

#philosophical #reflective #thought-provoking #inspirational