#tie

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#respect #survival #respect

** The fall semester will offer such classes as Learning When to Shut Up, Asking for Directions, Chick Flicks 101 and The Art of Loading the Dishwasher (Lab Fee Extra) ↗

— K. Larsen

#humor #art

In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#good-will #patience #science

When I wake I ask myself, how much longer before they will just let me die?" - Tier, Clutch ↗

— J.A. Huss

#fledge #flight #i-am-just-junco #j-a-huss #science-fiction

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ↗

— Charles William Eliot

#books #constant #counselors #friends #most

The greater puzzle of universal wisdom and beauty that we have strived to honor through our work includes the profound legacies of world artistic and spiritual traditions, the innate integrity of human communities where people seek to live in social harmony, and that regenerative stream of life sustained upon the earth itself as it spins through the cosmos to the music of the spheres. ↗

— Luther E. Vann

#art #art-books #beauty #communities #creativity

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#make #man #more #opportunities #than

He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words. Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#meaning #patience #words #trust

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#future #past #possibilities #ticking #time

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#always #begins #change #change the world #dream