A balloon seller sells his breath till death to spread happiness, while he can’t taste any of it (Sujit Meher)
I love my own kind—womankind
I love my own kind—womankind (Qiu Miaojin)
The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime
![The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime](https://i0.wp.com/dailyquotes4u.org/images/newquotes01/the-stage-lost-a-fine-actor-even-as-science-lost-an-acute-reasoner-when-holmes-became-a-specialist-i-3avti.jpg "The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime")
The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime (Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
And in this curious state I had the realization, at the moment of seeing that stranger there, that I was a person like everybody else. That I was known by my actions and words, that my internal universe was unavailable for inspection by others. They didn’t know. They didn’t know, because I never told them
And in this curious state I had the realization, at the moment of seeing that stranger there, that I was a person like everybody else. That I was known by my actions and words, that my internal universe was unavailable for inspection by others. They didn’t know. They didn’t know, because I never told them (Kim Stanley Robinson, Icehenge)
Oh, my God, this amazing cool breeze is coming through my window and the sun is shining. I’m happy
Oh, my God, this amazing cool breeze is coming through my window and the sun is shining. I’m happy (Liv Tyler)
All these men recognized what they themselves valued, and lived according to these values regardless of their relationship to the values of their community. Each lived according to what brought them happiness and peace rather than commonplace prescriptions of the multitudes
All these men recognized what they themselves valued, and lived according to these values regardless of their relationship to the values of their community. Each lived according to what brought them happiness and peace rather than commonplace prescriptions of the multitudes. (Chris Matakas, My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu)
By accepting and learning to embrace the inevitable sorrows of life, we realize that we can experience a more enduring sense of happiness
By accepting and learning to embrace the inevitable sorrows of life, we realize that we can experience a more enduring sense of happiness. (Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection)
What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself
What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself. (Seneca, Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium: Latin Text)
Kindness is the best form of justice
Kindness is the best form of justice (Debasish Mridha)
What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough
What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough (Eugene Delacroix)