#ran

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself. ↗

— Edward Steichen

#bark #branches #coming #course #foliage

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#i #only #still #tyrant #voice

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#always #detest #egotism #failure #feeling

This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom. ↗

— Stendhal

#age #boredom #cure #curse #even

The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#accumulate #data #declining #ends #ignorance

In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#celebrating #chosen #darkness #deliver #fear

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can. ↗

— Dan Stevens

#best #best work #goal #i #i can

We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby when I like, I can do any job I want - but I do think chivalry has been lost a little bit. ↗

— Dan Stevens

#baby #been #bit #chivalry #freedoms

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#ignorance #prejudice #stubborn

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#convention #four #i #nations #peace