#situation

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#desire #let us #minds #our #situation

Suffering is the pain of constraints. An atom of pure delight, no matter how small, can hold it at bay. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#life

People do not have the power to change situations, situations have the power to change people though. ↗

— Ram Mohan

#change #changing #changing-people #circumstances #life

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#does #fact #individual #inferior #inferiority

It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews. ↗

— Monica Bellucci

#cross #jesus #jews #killed #political

For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny. ↗

— Clara Zetkin

#capitalism #chains #class #crush #emancipate

I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#i #i can #know #me #opinion

Even someone who works with me, like this girl who works with me, her name is Sue. She lives with me and holds the fort; she takes care of all these little things. She takes care of the money situation, and I would not be able to live without someone like that. ↗

— Caprice Bourret

#care #even #fort #girl #her

There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it is far better than a one-man rule situation. ↗

— James Bovard

#benefits #better #dictatorial #far #government

Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don't. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#because #break #create #each #ever