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“Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.”
― Desmond Tutu

“It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.”
― Desmond Tutu, God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time

“We must understand the need for perfectionism is a corrosive waste of time, because nothing is ever beyond criticism. No matter how many hours you spend to render something flawless, somebody will always be able to find fault with it.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“remember what W. C. Fields had to say on this point: “It ain’t what they call you; it’s what you answer to.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“Possessing a creative mind, after all, is something like having a border collie for a pet: It needs to work, or else it will cause you an outrageous amount of trouble.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“Lastly, remember what W. C. Fields had to say on this point: “It ain’t what they call you; it’s what you answer to.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures. You”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“I firmly believe that we all need to find something to do in our lives that stops us from eating the couch.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“The masters could not bring water to boil, harness to horse or strap their own drawers without us. We were better than them. We had to be. Sloth was literal death for us, while for them it was the whole ambition of their lives.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer