Zoe Weil Quotes

#1. The union of the Roman empire was dissolved; its genius was humbled in the dust; and armies of unknown barbarians, issuing from the frozen regions of the North, had established their victorious reign over the fairest provinces of Europe and Africa.

Edward Gibbon

#2. One of the first obligations of art is to make all useful things beautiful.

Edith Wharton

#3. What we love, we protect. This story will delight children and parents alike, who care for what they love.

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#4. Someday, I hope that we will all be patriots of our planet and not just of our respective nations.

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#5. All it takes for generosity to flow is awareness. By actively pursuing awareness and knowledge, we can make choices that cause less harm and greater good to others in the global community of our shared earth.

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#6. I don't like to complain.

Jennifer Grey

#7. Live your epitaph

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#8. Spell check exists for a reason.

Sophia Amoruso

#9. I am grateful to realize that my desires do not entitle me to add to another's suffering.

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#10. I'm a bit of a loner, you know? I'm more quiet by nature. And coming from, you know, hillbilly country, I'm probably more reserved.

Brad Pitt

#11. My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

Jordin Sparks

#12. If the traditional Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are the basics that we want our children to master academically, then reverence, respect, and responsibility are the three Rs that our children need to master for the sake of their souls and the health of the world.

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#13. Some of the guys in the Northern Alliance are war criminals. One of the Northern Alliance commanders ran a slave girl network in Kabul in 1994. Remember that there was a period when every woman on the streets was at risk of being raped. This was the Northern Alliance period of glory.

Robert Fisk

#14. Ronan did not smoke; he preferred his habits with hangovers.

Maggie Stiefvater

#15. In the history of modern capitalism, crises are the norm, not the exception.

Nouriel Roubini

#16. The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)

Thich Nhat Hanh

#17. If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks on our door, we won't want to let it in.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#18. I didn't want to talk, and I didn't think dogs could solve my problems. But they were so uncritical and un-judgmental. Sometimes when you're really blue, you don't want to talk, but you want that sense of companionship. I certainly enjoy that with my beasts.

Susan Orlean

#19. I treat people who write me the way my friends and I all treat each other when we go to each other for advice, which is sometimes with supreme cruelty.

Dan Savage

#20. When we don't forgive, we're not hurting the other person. We're not hurting the company that did us wrong. We're not hurting God. We're only hurting ourselves.

Joel Osteen

#21. Reverence is an emotion that we can nurture in our very young children, respect is an attitude that we instill in our children as they become school-agers, and responsibility is an act that we inspire in our children as they grow through the middle years and become adolescents.

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