#ran

Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back. ↗

— Criss Jami

#confidence #confident #determination #dragon #dragons

When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach in both directions, you will have spanned the universe. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#aim-high #deep #effort #far-reaching #goal

Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#abolitionist #ahimsa #animals #francione #inspirational-quotes

A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#inspirational #the-fontainhead #inspirational

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#respect #tolerance #freedom

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#tolerance #freedom

Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged ↗

— Rumi

#religious-freedom #tolerance #freedom

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride. ↗

— Garth Nix

#ignorance #inspirational #pride #inspirational

Don't worry Toots, I told ya before, you don't have the right equipment to tempt me but if my tastes ever change from muscle to moobs then I might jump you. ↗

— Stephanie Hudson

#change

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. ↗

— George Orwell

#follows #four #freedom #granted #make