Prato At Midtown Quotes & Sayings

Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them. — Ellen Langer

If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God. — Epictetus

He likes to think of himself as someone who can give quick clever answers to awkward questions. It is an important part of his self-esteem. — Glenn Haybittle

What is, is simply what is. Allow it and rejoice in it. — Deepak Chopra

Distrust, not merely the old distrust of nation for nation, but a devastating distrust of human nature, gripped men like the dread of insanity. — Olaf Stapledon

What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works. — Chris Robinson

While it was irrational to bristle at the company of compatriots, one of the traits that Americans seem to share is a common dislike of running into one another in foreign countries. Perhaps it was having that mirror held up, reflecting an image so often loud, aggressive, and overweight. Irina didn't have a big problem with being American herself (everyone has to come from somewhere, and you don't get to choose), although, a second-generation Russian on her mother's side, she had always presumed her nationality to have an opt-out clause. Maybe she — Lionel Shriver

This heart still believes that love and mercy still exist. — Garth Brooks