“Just because you tolerated or accepted certain behavior in the past doesn't mean you have to continue accepting it.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“I think it passing odd that I am loved by one for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act.”— George R. R. Martin, Jamie Lannister, amazon.com
“People pray for cake...but when the almighty gives them eggs, oil, butter, batter, a pan & an oven they get frustrated & leave the kitchen.”— Wesley Snipes, twitter.com
“you will have to continue to kill old behaviors to allow new blessings to flourish”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“Your ability to say ‘no’ to unacceptable behavior will help you to become a happier, more compassionate person.”— Jordan Bach, twitter.com
“Rage is to righteousness as certainty is to wisdom. Constantly mistaken for each other, they're hardly ever in the same room.”— J. K. Rowling, twitter.com
“Life will be easier for those who know when to behave as a serpent, and when to behave as a dove.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“Sometimes, it is better to be kind than to be right. Not an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“There are always emotions hidden behind 'I don't care' and pain behind 'it's okay.'”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Nobody can please everybody.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“Our ability to selectively engage and disengage our moral standards . . . helps explain how people can be barbarically cruel in one moment and compassionate the next.”— Philip Zimbardo, amazon.com
“One who could make of himself a vacuum into which others might freely enter would become master of all situations. The whole can always dominate the part.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“The spirit of barter is everywhere. Honour and Chastity! Behold the complacent salesman retailing the Good and True. One can even buy a so-called Religion, which is really but common morality sanctified with flowers and music. Rob the Church of her accessories and what remains behind? Yet the trusts…”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“Education, in order to keep up the mighty delusion, encourages a species of ignorance. People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly. We are wicked because we are frightfully self-conscious.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“...how small after all the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tears, how easily drained to the dregs in our quenchless thirst for infinity, we shall not blame ourselves for making so much of the tea-cup.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com