“When I was 5 years old my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school they asked me to write what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
John Lennon“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
♥ Mar 5th at 10PM / tagged: quote. margaret mead. change. citizen. world. committment. thoughtful. / reblog
“Unbeing dead isn’t being alive.”
e.e. cummings (via fethanyabarrell)
♥ Feb 28th at 9PM / via: fethanyabarrell / op: fethanyabarrell / tagged: quote. e.e. cummings. life. alive. death. dead. / reblog
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“Life in the Peace Corps will not be easy. There will be no salary and allowances will be at a level sufficient only to maintain health and meet basic needs. Men and women will be expected to work and live alongside the nationals of the country in which they are stationed—doing the same work, eating the same food, talking the same language. But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying.”
John F. Kennedy“One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu – the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can’t exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can’t be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality – Ubuntu – you are known for your generosity. We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
♥ Dec 3rd at 10AM / tagged: desmond tutu. quote. ubuntu. humanity. interconnectedness. / reblog
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“No one can deprive us of the right, as concerned global citizens, to want to do something about the challenges that face us.”
Kofi Annan“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”
Oscar Wilde(Source: palides)
♥ Oct 17th at 4PM / via: infinite-samtasy / op: palides / tagged: oscar wilde. quote. education. / reblog
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“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
Albert Pike (via mikadoo)“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Steve Jobs (via nesimaa)
♥ Oct 5th at 8PM / via: the-sprawl / op: nesimaa / tagged: change. death. life. quote. rip. steve jobs. dogma. belief. / reblog
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