Quotes of David Riesman

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The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

- David Riesman

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“ The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ You are everything I never knew I always wanted. ”

- Fools Rush In

“ I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope. ”

- Nelson Mandela

“ She believed she could so she did. ”

- Unknown

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ If you have kindness in your heart, you offer acts of kindness to touch the hearts of others wherever you go—whether they are random or planned. Kindness becomes a way of life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through selfgratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ”

- Helen Keller

“ Being positive in life it does not mean everything is going the way you want it, but it also means that when things don’t go right or your way. Then you believe ,hope and pray that they will be right and go your way. Not only that but you are making plans, decisions ,effort and action in making sure they turn right and your way. ”

- De philosopher DJ Kyos

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois

“ Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex brings up some pretty good questions. ”

- Woody Allen

“ It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The only shortcut I have found to life is to sharpen my teeth on the bones of the wise. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

“ You need just the right amount of 'Fuck the world' and the right amount of belief in something...and you need the right amount of love. ”

- Gerard Way

“ Perfection does not exist you can always do better and you can always grow. ”

- Les Brown

“ That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful. ”

- robert m drake

“ It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams. ”

- Jocelyn Soriano

“ Love is blind, they say–but isn’t it more that love makes us see too much? Isn’t it more that love floods our brain with sights and sounds, so that everything looks bigger, brighter, more lovely than ever before? ”

- Susan Fletcher Eve Green

“ Where wild souls meet wild lovers is where hurricanes are made. ”

- ventum

“ With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. ”

- Unknown

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo