"Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law."
Louis D. Brandeis
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“The chameleon changes colour to match the earth. The earth doesn’t change colours to match the chameleon.”
(African proverb)
It can be easy to forget we don’t have to twist ourselves into a version that fits everything and everyone else.
There’s something powerful in being like the earth in this proverb: steady, grounded, quietly unchanged by others’ expectations.
And something tender in noticing all the ways we’ve adapted over time, maybe without realising.
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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD for July 15
"Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsibility to be equal members of society."
-Janet Jackson
*Quotes selected are interesting in some manner and not always something I agree with 100% or sources I like as a person.
C’è strada e strada, benché tutte portino a Roma, a quel che si dice.
– Léon Bloy
I had come to Rome in chains, but I would leave Rome a queen.
– Stephanie Dray
"Nobody living can ever stop me.
As I go walking my freedom highway.
Nobody living can make me turn back."
Woody Guthrie
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“Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.”
(Miguel de Cervantes)
The label of a lesson really resonates.
It’s not described as a goal.
Or a box to tick.
It’s something we keep returning to, with fresh eyes and an open heart.
It sounds simple.
But knowing ourselves means being willing to look and notice.
To be open to listening to our own wisdom.
It’s not about fixing.
It’s about recognising.
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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD for July 14
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
*Quotes selected are interesting in some manner and not always something I agree with 100% or sources I like as a person.
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.
- Les Brown
"The world is filled with people who are no longer needed. And who ty to make slaves of all of us. And they have their music and we have ours."
Woody Guthrie
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“The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”
(G. K. Chesterton)
Since it’s Embrace Your Geekness Day, this quote seemed appropriate.
The world is full of astonishing things: tiny details, strange facts, unexpected beauty, quiet magic.
What we often lack isn’t more to marvel at… but the permission to marvel.
To let ourselves care deeply.
To follow our curiosity.
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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD for July 13
"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi
*Quotes selected are interesting in some manner and not always something I agree with 100% or sources I like as a person.
Forse la vita è come un fiume che va al mare: forse non siamo andati dove intendevamo andare, ma siamo finiti dove avevamo bisogno di essere
– Fabrizio Caramagna
"We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life."
William Osler
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“The perfection of our ordinary actions depends upon the purity of intention.”
(Richard Challoner)
What if it’s not the scale of what we do, but the spirit behind it, that shapes its impact?
The small things, done with care, presence, and sincerity, often reach further than we imagine.
Making tea. Sending a message. Pausing to listen.
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