Quotes June 13, 2023

Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry
Rupi Kaur,
poet, writer, illustrator
 
 
 
 
It’s all valid — everybody’s got their own path. I wouldn’t want to sit around and listen to me all day.
One person’s punk rock is another person’s singing ‘Om’ or playing harp.
George Winston,
pianist, composer
1949-2023
 
 
 
 
I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn’t changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I’m just wearing better shoes.
Oprah Winfrey – Actress – Talk Show Host – Producer – Philanthropist
 
 
 
 
In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.
Joseph Conrad – 1857-1924 – Author
 
 
 
 
“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.”
Mahatma Gandhi
 
 
 
 
“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.”
Vincent Van Gogh
 
 
 
 
“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”
Aesop
 
 
 
 
“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”
Stephen Grellet