#story

Stories are able to help us to become more whole, to become Named. And Naming is one of the impulses behind all art; to give a name to the cosmos, we see despite all the chaos. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#chaos #cosmos #identity #personality #stories

And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. ↗

— Julien Benda

#died #history #jesus #jesus christ #smile

If you own this story you get to write the ending. ↗

— Brené Brown

#personal-responsibility #self #story #taking-ownership #life

خفقة قلبك لامرأة,أو صداقتك لرجل,أو قراءتك لكتاب هى أسفار حقيقية و ميلاد جديد لك,و تاريخ جديد لحياتك. ↗

— مصطفى محمود

#history #life #love #life

Most things in my life are anything but simple--but loving you is. I just do. ↗

— Cassandra Giovanni

#romance #romancecrossed-lovers #life

Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy ↗

— Evan Thomas

#history #life

Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#cumulative #democracy #education #history #inheritance

waste-not want-not. i am not wasted, what do i want? ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#true-story #religion

Over time, it is all too common for people to lose touch with their heritage, as the thrill and immediacy of the present crowds out the echoes and lessons of the past. It would be a shame if that were to happen with respect to the fur trade. It is a seminal part of who we are as a nation, and how we came to be. ↗

— Eric Jay Dolin

#astor #beaver #buffalo #fur #fur-trade

Throughout the history of the Deutschritter the German genius is very evident, romantic idealism implemented with utter ruthlessness. ↗

— Desmond Seward

#german #history #knights #monk #war