Elevated Mindset Quotes

#1. Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.

Baruch Spinoza

#2. But now you're unhappy," he pointed out.
"And?" I challenged.
"That doesn't seem fair." He shrugged, but his eyes were still intense.
I laughed without humour. "Hasn't anyone told you? Life isn't fair."
"I believe I have heard that somewhere before," he agreed dryly.

Stephenie Meyer

#3. It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.

Lionel Trilling

#4. There were others who would have called him a scammer, a swindler, a con, but he never thought of himself this way. No good charlatan ever did.

Victor LaValle

#5. My Sister Rosa was bumped from the schedule. None of my books has ever been bumped before. It freaked me out.

Justine Larbalestier

#6. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can't see nothing.

Ron Rash

#7. Look at me, dancing my little dance for a few moments against the background of eternity.

Sarah Manguso

#8. Our kids are not here to comfort us, to entertain us, or to validate us. Those things need to come from ourselves and from other adults.

Margaret Kennedy

#9. On the site you plan to hit, it's going to beef up security." "But we'd be looking for a killer. Not a thief.

J.D. Robb

#10. Must every action - every word and thought - recall Alena? Swimming, currents, beaches, exhibitions, artists, parties. How long until my bodily presence had half the substance her absence did?

Rachel Pastan

#11. I didn't want to chase movies. It's too hard. You've got to work at it - opening nights, photo shoots, publicity people, managers. I never wanted to do that. I'm too lazy.

Robert Sean Leonard

#12. The more contact we have with one another and the more we come to understand each other's values, the greater will be our mutual respect.

Dalai Lama