Provoking Quotes
The destiny of nations depends upon the manner in which they feed themselves.
Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying.
When we can only be happy for the success of those less fortunate, we are secretly undermining our own success.
... common sense is the one thing that will certainly be wrong.
while she wanted to look neither to her past nor her future, she lived exclusively in both. They had took different paths, but they had journeyed, so she realized, together.
I like anything that is thought provoking and elevates one's consciousness to the highest and out of it's safety net, making one breathe aspiration.
Though our collective level of knowledge may always be defined by a certain set of answers, we are never limited by the questions we may pose.
When we start rating each other’s lives and afflictions, we lose a bit of our humanity, compassion and perspective.
To which hand do I choose to strike with when both hands are guided by the same heart?
Self-pity is the worst disability a person can have, Callie. It's crippling.
Sometimes we choose the road we follow.And sometimes the road chooses us.
Never discount good intentions, for good intentions may be all one has to offer. - Eilish in "No-Till" by Basil Pearl.
Having unthoughtful thoughts for me is unthinkable, so much so that I cannot even think about that.
Oh no. I'm not gonna let you leave yet. I'm gonna show you the value of takin' your time to get to work. I probably should have done this a long time ago.
Sometimes an outside perspective is the clearer perspective.
We will embarrass our descendants, just as our ancestors embarrass us. This is moral progress.
It's not the small of her back, her thighs, or her chest or eyes that matter most. It's the parts of her she's afraid to show that you should get to know.
And it was the speed that provided some solace. For if it moved like that, it would always move like that, and somehow, because of it, things change, somehow things end.
If life and youth were not immune to the corrosive effects of time, why should love be any different?
Careful. When you dabble too much with reason life becomes nothing but a process of dying.
One thing you have to realize from now on is that it doesn't matter if this is a dream or not. Survival depends on what you do, not what you think.
The technological man is limited as his tools. The man without technologies is limitless.
When you allow a third party to carry your thoughts and vision to the second party, always be prepared that the purpose or vision of your message will be lost in translation.
I spend these days in confusion, trying my best to fathom the significance of that shade.... Trying to fathom the suitable answers to my ambiguities, if they can be called as such." - Basil
If you list down whatever you didn’t get to do, then whatever you did won’t feel like it mattered.
Even when it is the most challenging, you will never know how far you will go unless you do It your way.
Then sense. Use your sense. Not all of us are born for greatness, but all of us have sense. Make use of it. Think. Think long and well.
Many feel that writers are a dime a dozen, so the goal is to break through and make it to the value of a penny.
Is it better to have something perfect that doesn't fit or something imperfect that fits?
Who knows if all our brains are inventing the same thing? I mean, how do we know that the thing YOUR eyes see and call "red" is the same thing that I call "red"?
If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then DO NOT be afraid to LEAVE someone who is messing with YOUR MOOD in a detrimental way.