“Believe this difficult truth. Showing respect in the face of disrespect, love in the face of hate, trust in the face of betrayal, and serenity in the face of turmoil, will teach your children more than all the moral lectures by all the preachers since the dawn of time.”
― The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
― The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
“The people we surround ourselves with either raise or lower our standards. They either help us to become the best version of ourselves or encourage us to become lesser versions of ourselves. We become like our friends. No man becomes great on his own. No woman becomes great on her own. The people around them help to make them great.
We all need people in our lives who raise our standards, remind us of our essential purpose, and challenge us to become the best version of ourselves.”
― The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose
We all need people in our lives who raise our standards, remind us of our essential purpose, and challenge us to become the best version of ourselves.”
― The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose
“It is as natural to the Icelandic heart to turn to poetry in times of stress as for another to search his Bible.”
― The viking heart
― The viking heart
“We need to calculate the damage caused by the people who profit from war and make them pay for it,” I hear her continue. “That way they would understand that war is much more expensive than peace. In any case, the only language they understand is money,” she adds.”
― Hotel Silence
― Hotel Silence
“My unhappiness is at best inane when compared to the ruins and dust that lie outside my window.”
― Hotel Silence
― Hotel Silence
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