#versa

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ↗

— George Orwell

#deceit #revolutionary #telling #telling the truth #time

Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird? ↗

— David Attenborough

#bird #birds #close #creature #ears

It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What do you mean? Do you understand that's an insult? ↗

— Jay-Z

#hilarious #i #insult #like #lot

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#life #many #pass #real #sham

Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal. ↗

— Rita Moreno

#story #then #universal

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation. ↗

— John Witherspoon

#conversation #exemplary #inward #justified #men

Practicing the presence of God is not on trial. Countless saints have already proved it. Indeed, the spiritual giants of all ages have known it. The results of this effort begin to show clearly in a month. They grow rich after six months, and glorious after ten years. This is the secret of the great saints of all ages. 'Pray without ceasing,' said Paul, 'in everything make your wants known unto God.' 'As many as are led by the spirit of God, these are the sons of God. ↗

— Frank Charles Laubach

#practice-god-s-presence #age

The point of art is not to give you what you already feel comfortable with; that’s reporting, not art, that TV, not art, that’s magaziney art, not art. Art gives you so personal an interpretation that it compels you to say, “This here is more real than what I know is really out there. ↗

— André Aciman

#interview #quarterly-conversation #art

The art of conversation lies in listening ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

#friendship #listening #art

CONVERSATION is the vehicle for change. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#conversation #change