#opera

The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates with God. Man was called to till the earth, to "rule over the earth"; woman to be the bearer of a life that comes from God. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#cooperation #freedom #initiative #man #nature

The dictatorship is like an aria that never becomes an opera. ↗

— Emilia Pardo Bazán

#opera #political #dictatorship

Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse. ↗

— Georges Bizet

#carmen #georges-bizet #habanera #opera #love

I'm a new man, Giovanni. If you want to imitate me, you'll have to abandon the mask and get a face like this one." Erik smiled mirthlessly at his young nemesis, his teeth shining madly in the dim light of piazza. "You can't have her! She loves me. The mask won't do. You could never giver what she wants, because she wants me!" Giovanni tried to follow Meg and Roul, but each time he shifted Erik was there. ↗

— Sadie Montgomery

#giovanni #meg-giry #phantom-of-the-opera #raoul #vicomte-de-chagny

All of us--bright atheists and committed religionists--need to wake now and hear the earth call . . . . We need to give and receive as love shows us how, join with each pilgrim who quests for the true, give heed to the voices of the suffering, awaken our consciences with justice as our guide, and work toward a planet transformed by our care. ↗

— Scotty McLennan

#love

We must reprogram ourselves to understand that cooperation is a higher principle than competition. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#love #peace #unity #love

We must resist in-group thinking and practice seeing every soul as a brother or sister in a larger grouping of humans on earth. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#cooperative #individuality #love #purpose-of-living #understanding-oneself-and-others

The two of them were like oil and water. Her older sister was forever stuck in surrogate mommy role. But Viviana had never needed, nor wanted a replacement mother. Fate had seen fit to remove her biological mother, so she figured that was the way it was supposed to be. ↗

— A. T. Hicks

#love-hate-relationship #opera-singer #sibling-rivalry #love

We're merely one tree with various types, shapes and sizes of leaves that all wave differently in the breeze ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#co-operation #compassion #illumination #inspiring-quotes #kindness

If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired. ↗

— Askhari Johnson Hodari

#cooperation #inspirational #proverbs #unity #wisdom