Lara

“Compete with yourself until the only one left to compete with is yourself.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Gentlefolks in general have a very awkward rock ahead in life—the rock ahead of their own idleness. Their lives being, for the most part, passed in looking about them for something to do, it is curious to see—especially when their tastes are of what is called the intellectual sort—how often they drift blindfold into some nasty pursuit. Nine times out of ten they take to torturing something, or to spoiling something—and they firmly believe they are improving their minds, when the plain truth is, they are only making a mess in the house.”
― Wilkie Collins

“Unnecessary noise is the most cruel absence of care that can be inflicted on the sick or the well.”
― Florence Nightingale

“A star can only illuminate the world by allowing itself to burn.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo