#rational

What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind-then all the rest is prejudice, simply artificial terrors and there are no barriers and it's all as it should be. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#inspirational

Don't step backward toward nothing, step forward toward something, better awkward steps forward, than coward steps backward. ↗

— Victoria Addino

#inspirational-quotes #positive-thinking #inspirational

Evolution is a theory with more holes than a Dutch dam of swiss cheese. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#inspirational #humor

God can't force his children to become like him. It's something they have to want, a blessing they have to fight for and be willing to sacrifice to attain. ↗

— Chris Stewart

#inspirational

I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries ↗

— Theodore Isaac Rubin

#inspirational

Anyone who writes is too precious to lose. ↗

— Carlos J. Cortes

#writing #inspirational

I started writing because I decided I was too old to play pretend in the backyard. Then I found that I could create those imaginary worlds on the page. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#writing #inspirational

Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#religion #inspirational

Miss Abigail, I want to be an author because writers know when a person is lonely. I mean, when Molly read me some books, those writers reached out and said, Look Gideon, we know about your loneliness and we know you're feeling downtrodden. And they said...I'll stand up for you. You're not lone anymore. ↗

— Leon Uris

#inspirational #lonely #writing #inspirational

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about. ↗

— Alexandra Ripley

#inspirational #success #inspirational