#brother

But how do you see you?" she asked. "Ever read The Brothers Karamazov?" I asked. "Once, a long time ago." "Well, toward the end, Alyosha is speaking to a young student named Kolya Krasotkin. And he says, Kolya, you're going to have a miserable future. But overall, you'll have a happy life." Two beers down, I hesitated before opening my third. "When I first read that, I didn't know what Alyosha meant," I said. "How was it possible for a life of misery to be happy overall? But then I understood, that misery could be limited to the future." "I have no idea what you're talking about." "Neither do I," I said. "Not yet. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#life

I always preferred Harpo to Groucho Marx. ↗

— Lee Evans

#life

We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#brotherly-love #love

I have come to see clearly that life is more than self. It is more than doing what I want, striving for what will benefit me, dreaming of all I can be. Life is all about my relationship with God. There is no higher calling, no loftier dream, and no greater goal than to live, breathe, and be poured out for Jesus Christ." --Jamie in Brother Andrew's "The Calling ↗

— Brother Andrew

#god #highest-calling #living-for-christ #purpose #sacrifice

I never really had to deal with a death in the family, let alone my brother. ↗

— Torrey Smith

#brother #deal #death #family #had

Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift. ↗

— Soundarya

#after #because #brother #i #looks

I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody! ↗

— Ralph Stanley

#brothers #i #i do #listen #more

A 527 doesn't have a wife. It doesn't have a brother-in-law who knows a lot about politics, or a union president who calls and doesn't like the color of the suit, or bimbo eruptions. It's the perfect candidate, because it has no personal characteristics. ↗

— Roger Stone

#because #bimbo #brother-in-law #calls #candidate

It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer. ↗

— Patricia Heaton

#bit #brother #father #genes #journalist

My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant. ↗

— Kristin Hersh

#brother #chant #having #i #meditating