#ira

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#admiration #child #civic #courage #doctor

Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that. ↗

— Donna Brazile

#american #congress #elections #finance #iraqi

Our soul is governed by four invisible forces: love, death, power and time. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#death

Iraq is a better place, absolutely worth it. ↗

— Paul Bremer

#better #better place #iraq #place #worth

Only love will attract love.”~ Amunhotep El Bey ↗

— Amunhotep El Bey

#funny #humorous-quotations #inspirational-quotations #lol #motivational-quotations

Writing isn't just words on a page, it's the flow of humanity, connecting us to what is there, what isn't there, and what we wish was there. ↗

— Audrey Maday

#writing #inspirational

The problem with the designated driver programme, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At then end of the night drop them off at the wrong house. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#designated driver #desirable #doing #driver #drop

If I am in love, many things about the world, not just the immediate object of my love, seem lovable. To say 'I love X' is somehow really to say 'X inspires love in me', and that love then attaches itself to objects other than X as well. The expansiveness of love is a natural means of ascent between levels. ↗

— Robin Waterfield

#diotima #plato #socrates #symposium #inspirational

The face of everyone in mine, the oneness with every blade of grass, the flight with the flocks in the sky, the dance with the clouds across endless skies. The strength with every tree, rooting deep into mother earth, springing forth into the heavens, extending branches of gratitude and love.... Such a privilege, honor and grace, such a gift and joy. ↗

— Patsie Smith

#enlightenment #essence-of-life #inspiration #life #nature

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#complete #creature #get #her #manipulative