Vicki Skywark

“Those who define themselves by their sense of superiority will live in a world governed not by justice but by persecution, one in which the tables may turn on them without a moment’s notice.”
― Tod Lindberg, The Political Teachings of Jesus: An Insightful Commentary on the Radical Ideas That Define Our Vision for Society

“But once I knew about Brett’s research, I saw the error I had been making. Now, when I feel myself starting to slide down, I don’t do something for myself—I try to do something for someone else. I go to see a friend and try to focus very hard on how they are feeling and making them feel better. I try to do something for my network, or my group—or even try to help strangers who look distressed. I learned something I wouldn’t have thought was possible at the start. Even if you are in pain, you can almost always make someone else feel a little bit better. Or I would try to channel it into more overt political actions, to make the society better.”
― Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions

“all moderately well-meaning and halfway decent requests for change should be heard with good will and, in certain cases, acted upon with immense seriousness.”
― The School of Life, Stay or Leave: How to remain in, or end, your relationship

“there was only one prison in Texas, and that was in Huntsville, but it was a place for hardened criminals and those who had used firearms to deprive others of their goods and savings, who had shot somebody in a political argument, had chopped up other people into tiny bits, that’s the kind of people they send to Huntsville.”
― Paulette Jiles, Simon the Fiddler