Mujercitas Novela Quotes & Sayings

Western societies want men to be upstanding, proactive citizens who take responsibility for themselves, who work with others to improve their communities and nation as a whole. The irony is that society is not giving the support, guidance, means, or places for these young men even to be motivated or interested in aspiring to these goals. In fact, society - from politics to the media to the classroom to our very own families - is a major contributor to this demise because it is inhibiting young men's intellectual, creative, and social abilities right from the start. And the irony is only compounded by the fact that men play such a powerful part in society, which means they are effectively denying their younger counterparts the opportunity to thrive. — Philip G. Zimbardo

My warhorse has new shoes" - Thomas Van Pelt — Donny Swords

We can only think about roughly seven things at a time. — Joshua Foer

When you continually tell Life: "there are things that I lack and things that I want", Life will return that exact experience. But when you continually tell Life: "I have all that I need and am free to serve others", Life will return that exact experience: you will have all you need and will be free to serve others. — Donald L. Hicks

It's like I'm looking through a funnel, she had said, gazing at his newborn form. The world has just shrunk to me and him. — Jojo Moyes

We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments. — Edie Falco

I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud; I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman and I am equally proud of that. I am the candidate of the people of America. And my presence before you now symbolizes a new era in American political history. — Shirley Chisholm

Nothing desiccates a mind so much as its repugnance to conceive obscure ideas. — Emil Cioran

Truth had hanged the way the landscape had changed to accommodate progress, altered by each generation to its purpose. He had learned from the talk of old men that there was no such thing as truth, truth was always shaded by perception and expectation. — William Gay

When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it. — Pema Chodron

I have lost tolerance for things without meaning. There is no time for them. Does that make sense? - Sara Seager — Lee Billings