Quotes of Jane Smiley

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Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

- Jane Smiley

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“ Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm? ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ How can I put the Auras back in the chest?” I asked, terror boiling inside my stomach. “You can’t. Not if those that were or will be struck by them won’t be eager to express their feelings and let you help them. You do not change people, dearie. It’s the people that change themselves. You’re the Guardian, but they’re the bearers,” the Oracle whispered. “I’m no Guardian. I’m doomed!” I said and I knew that this was true. ”

- Victoria Moschou

“ Life is a sheet of blank papers and pen: “We write our life like one made in heaven.” Sadly though, some don’t have the pen with them: “It’s others doing the writing for them. ”

- Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol

“ If we open ourselves up to our feelings, our intuition, and our spiritual centers, we become much closer to the mystery of the Universe. ”

- Patricia Lynn

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life. ”

- Charles F. Glassman

“ Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind. ”

- Ron Ben Israel

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle

“ If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. ”

- Leo Tolstoy

“ The love we say we feel for another is, in most cases, just a selfish hunt for our own happiness. ”

- Tatjana Ostojic

“ You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ Your dream should always be greater than your grievances ”

- Aadarsh Singh

“ Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ Eyes not only see but reveal secrets that hidden within our very soul, as You and I stroll in this world in search for our true and better selves." Morco ”

- Jeff Morco

“ Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Live a life of substance. The rest are mere fantasies. ”

- Pragnya Sahoo

“ Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the natural order. It changes her life and the lives of those with whom she shares this vision of nonviolence. Ethical veganism is anything but passive; on the contrary, it is the active refusal to cooperate with injustice ”

- GaryLFrancione

“ Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. ”

- Ray Bradbury

“ Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works. ”

- Amit Kalantri