#ura

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#hairs #natural #property #regrets

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#cruelty #cultural #human #might #very

You can't test courage cautiously. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#courage #test #you

Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#apiece #beings #emotions #fixed #human

Have the courage of your desire. ↗

— George Gissing

#desire #your

If we only arrange our life in accordance with the principle which tells us that we must always trust in the difficult, then what now appears to us as the most alien will become our most intimate and trusted experience. How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#courage #dragons #inspirational #life #beauty

As Americans, we can choose where we work and live, what we drive, which insurance plan is best for us, so why can we not give workers a choice when it comes to their retirement? ↗

— John Doolittle

#choice #choose #comes #drive #give

I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines. ↗

— Julie Doucet

#courage #had #hands #i #machines

No matter who we are, where we live, what we look like, the circumstances of our birth or the situations we face; each of us has gifts within us. Strength, beauty, courage, compassion, hope, joy, talent, imagination, reverence, wisdom, love and faith are among them. They are not like material presents we unwrap and hold in our hands. We can’t see these gifts with our eyes. But they are real and powerful. When we open ourselves to them, they can enrich every aspect of our lives. They can help us transform challenges into opportunities and tragedies into triumphs. They can help us make a difference in the world. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#compassion #courage #faith #healing #hope

Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside? ↗

— Mary Douglas

#believe #encouraged #frustration #grand #jealousy