#reason

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#pride #reason #nobility

Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#habits #reasons #stories #the-night-circus #truth

I find it most offensive that the character of Reason, whom [Jean den Meun (author of the Romance of the Rose)] himself calls the daughter of God, should put forth such a statement as ... where she says by way of a proverb that "in the war of Love it is better to deceive than be deceived." And indeed I dare say that in making that statement Jean den Meun's Reason denied her Father, for the doctrine He gave was altogether different. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#deceit #dishonesty #falsehood #love #reason

... reason and love keep little company together now-a-days... ↗

— William Shakespeare

#reason #love

The reason gold-diggers trivialize relationships is because they do not know love,they only know money. ↗

— Moffat Machingura

#know-love #love #money #reason #relationships

The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs. ↗

— Bjork

#i #i do #interviews #protecting #reason

When life brings you full circle, pay attention. There's a lesson there. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#full-circle #full-circle-moments #lessons #lessons-learned #life

Sometimes a "mistake" can end up being the best decision you ever make. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#destiny #everything-happens-for-a-reason #finding-your-way #journey-of-life #making-mistakes

Capital, however capital may be defined, would practically cease to exist as an income producing fund, for the simple reason that if money, wherewith to buy capital, could be obtained for one-half of one per cent, capital itself could command no higher price. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#capital #cease #cease to exist #cent #command

All we have to do is understand that we're all here for a reason and to commit ourselves to that. Then we can laugh at our sufferings, large and small and walk fearlessly, aware that each step has meaning ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational #life #love #meanings #paulo-coelho