L S May Quotes

However it may be confounded or covered up or counterfeited, this elemental capacity to fight against injustice remains the distinguishing characteristic of human beings.

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.

I am not a greedy person except about flowers and plants, and then I become fanatically greedy.

It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible.

I’m only able to write poetry, for the most part, when I have a Muse, a woman who focuses the world for me.

Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.

It is clearly important for all leadership candidates to be open and transparent about their tax affairs. I was very happy to publish mine today, and hope others will follow suit.

Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -

A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward; to reset oneself by an inner compass.

We can do anything, or almost, but how balanced, magnanimous, and modest one has to be to do anything! And also how patient. It is as true in the arts as anywhere else.

O vanity, mislead no more!

I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.

November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year.

We're committed to NATO. From the conversations I've already had with President [Donald] Trump over the phone, he has shown to me his commitment to NATO as well.

I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it.

We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.

Care is a state in which something does matter; care is the opposite of apathy. Care is the necessary source of eros, the source of human tenderness.

It always comes back to the same necessity: go deep enough and there is a bedrock of truth, however hard.

My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar player.

Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality.

Poetry can magnify experience.

Deep down there was understanding, not of the facts of our lives so much as of our essential natures.

I think that probably in some areas the Labour message about some of the things that they said we were going to do - and which we weren't going to do - cut through.

The fun thing about getting older is finding younger people to mentor.

Renewable ethanol represents a clear opportunity to grow a significant portion of our own fuel locally and begin to break the hold imported fuels have on us.

letters are so much easier than living. One can give one's best.

…tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it.

Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.

Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great.

Purpose in the human being is a much more complex phenomenon than what used to be called will power.

Sometimes if the guitar is the last thing to go on, it's very fresh.

I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queen's on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

Creativity occurs in an act of encounter and is to be understood with this encounter as its center.

Flowers and plants are silent presences. They nourish every sense except the ear.

Terrorism and the whole drug scene are vivid examples of the fact that what persons abhor most of all in life is the possibility that they will not matter.

…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.

It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.

Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away?

We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.

We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police.

So please, for the love of gender- go bloom. Or water someone else while they do.

Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.

Heaven would never be heaven without you.

I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good.

A body without bones would be a limp impossible mess, so a day without steady routine would be disruptive and chaotic.

There's no point in bringing together a talented band if you don't let them do their thing.

I am not about fringing, cow girl boots, that kind of Coachella vibe. I just wear something comfortable.

My music is a mix of everything, mostly my own life. I just write about things that mean something and that I can write about. There's no point in pretending.