Usmann > Usmann's Quotes

Showing 1-7 of 7

like

#1

“You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.”
― Richelle Mead, Frostbite

9761 likes

like

#2

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

tags: change, tolstoy

12558 likes

like

#3

“Desire wills its perpetuation ad infinitum.”
― Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover

tags: desire, eternity, infinity, insatiability, longing, perpetuation

22 likes

like

#4

“How much self-love comes in the guise of selfless devotion!”
― Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover

tags: devotion, pretense, self-love, selflessness

14 likes

like

#5

“The Cavaliere has retired to his study and reads, trying not to think about what is going on around him -- one of the principal uses of a book.”
― Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover

tags: books, diversion, reading

4 likes

like

#6

“Rage — whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders’ insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us — is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce compassion.”
― Bonnie Myotai Treace

tags: buddhism, compassion, energy, harm, injustice, insanity, power, practice, rage

357 likes

like

#7

“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.”
― Kahlil Gibran

1541 likes

All Quotes

Tags From Usmann’s Quotes

change
tolstoy
desire
eternity
infinity
insatiability
longing
perpetuation
devotion
pretense
self-love
selflessness
books
diversion
reading
buddhism
compassion
energy
harm
injustice
insanity
power
practice
rage