#ran

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? ↗

— Bell Hooks

#always #believe #capacity #compassion #enough

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#down #else #i #ignorance #life

What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#already #believe #between #equality #even

I lived at admiralty house from 2002 until 2006 on advice from special branch on security grounds as defence secretary. The alternative of providing comprehensive security at my personal property would have entailed significant extra costs to the taxpayer. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#alternative #branch #comprehensive #costs #defence

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. ↗

— Bob Hope

#bearable #even #hopeful #i #into

I'm always cast in these strange men... that's not me, really. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#cast #i #me #men #really

The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can't even comprehend it. It's such an illusion, it's such a strange thing. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#even #every #every second #force #illusion

Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning, you will think that you are wasting time, but you must go on, be determined and persevere in it until death, despite all the difficulties. ↗

— Brother Lawrence

#death

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. ↗

— Horace

#grants #hard #hard work #life #mortals

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain. ↗

— Horace

#count #everyday #fortune #gain #going