#fe

The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read. ↗

— Hannah More

#cannot #decreed #digs #fatigued #fed

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference. ↗

— Paul Elmer More

#bound #calm #hearken #ignorance #indifference

And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they think there is one Supreme Being that made and governs the world, whom they call, in the language of their country, Mithras. ↗

— Thomas More

#being #call #concerning #country #differ

When I want to render these fine nuances, I do not find them in the subject, but in the nature of women in real life who seek unhealthy emotions and are too stupid even to understand the horror in the most appalling situations. ↗

— Gustave Moreau

#emotions #even #find #fine #horror

The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#down #go #life #life is a #mountain

Creativity is a way of living life, no matter what our vocation, or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts... ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#artist #career #creative #creativity #life

I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searching for ideas but I do the vast majority by typing, I can't always keep up with my thoughts longhand. I'm not a coffee shop writer because I feel obliged to order more coffee and then I end up over-caffeinated. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#any #because #coffee #end #feel

Three films a day, three books a week and records of great music would be enough to make me happy to the day I die. ↗

— François Truffaut

#books-reading #film #life #music #art

If they want to talk about aliens and anything like that... that's part of the gift God gave us. That's what makes life exciting. We're pretty stuck, you know. What gives flight to our life is our imagination. ↗

— Michael Moriarty

#anything #exciting #flight #gave #gift

it was like trying to see a shadow in the dark. ↗

— Melissa Andrea

#fear #fears #inspiring #see #seeing