#so

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#philosophy #pessimism

So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#either #environment #explained #family #genes

During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland. ↗

— Augusto Pinochet

#deep #discipline #during #duty #heart

The sun symbolizes the Divine intelligence; the empty vastness of space symbolizes the Divine All-Possibility and also the Divine immutability; a bird symbolizes the soul; a tree symbolizes the grades of being; and water symbolizes knowledge and rain revelation. ↗

— Osman Bakar

#islam #metaphysics #philosophy #intelligence

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts. ↗

— Mary Pipher

#adolescence #aside #authentic #display #experience

When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart. ↗

— Camille Pissarro

#counterpart #everything #find #noble #soul

A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#empty #fact #feelings #first #like

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#from time to time #gentleman #heroic #something #time

Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they feel no compunction over being violent to women, children, and one another. ↗

— Frank Pittman

#appropriate #been #being #believe #children

When I was a little kid we moved to Tulsa, then to St. Louis and, by the time I was in kindergarten, we lived in Springfield, Missouri. There I basically grew up. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#by the time #grew #i #kid #kindergarten