#su

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#character #simile #substance #character

It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. ↗

— Abraham Harold Maslow

#instrumentalism #problem-solving #problems

The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#suicide #different

Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#kinky #suggestive #different

Did you really want to die?" "No one commits suicide because they want to die." "Then why do they do it?" "Because they want to stop the pain. ↗

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

#pain #suicide #die

Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so; And, being done, thus Wall away doth go. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#dreams

Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear out troubles until a better day. ↗

— Deng Ming-Dao

#suffering #taoism #harmony

At any time, you can rethink your life and reinvent yourself. “ “Choose your words better and say/affirm exclusively what you aspire to create in your life.“ “Dare to dream and dare to stand out. Get off the beaten path. ↗

— Denise Pitre

#destiny #fear #healing #health #job

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#self-assurance #strength

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. ↗

— Voltaire

#atheism #atrocities #barbarity #injustice #religion