#vitality

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#account #claim #enables #enemy #essence

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#crimes #cure #divine #everywhere #humanity

We derive our vitality from our store of madness. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#madness #our #store #vitality

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#between #character #comes #even #imaginations

We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#because #better #care #depends #health

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#autumn #because #cousins #day #easter

My passion is New York and the vitality that makes it special. ↗

— Michael Musto

#new #new york #passion #special #vitality

I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#certainly #everywhere #going #hope #i

Fashion embraces the weirdos. They're into that. There are always young people that people in fashion are interested in. You know, youth and vitality and energy - it brings something different. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#brings #different #embraces #energy #fashion

The supreme good of life is vitality. And vitality is always seeping away. ↗

— Roberto Unger

#away #good #life #supreme #vitality