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Mairghread

@thrumiiis.bsky.social

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I like taking pictures of flowers - brace yourself. I also like collecting quotes to mull over. Canadian, crafter, reader, elder, woke as all hell, grandmother, occasional producer of poetry, acerbic, pessimistic optimist, music lover... and much more.

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Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · Dec 2

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“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” – John Burroughs

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"If you want to know the past, to know what has caused you, look at yourself in the PRESENT, for that is the past's effect. If you want to know your future, then look at yourself in the PRESENT, for that is the cause of the future." ~ Majjhima Nikaya

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 2d

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle

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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. ~ Albert Schweitzer

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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. ~ Harvey S. Firestone

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 11d

"When we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other because each of us is more alike that we are unalike." – Maya Angelou

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 12d

"When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it." ~ Epictetus

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“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.” ~ Lemony Snicket

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"In separateness lies the world’s great misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength." – Buddha

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"If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don't wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes." ~ Senegalese Proverb

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 16d

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” ~ Aldous Huxley

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 17d

“Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.’”
Maya Angelou

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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. - Desmond Tutu

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 18d

"If you are trying to be normal, you’ll never know how amazing you can be." – Maya Angelou

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 21d

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” ~ Virginia Woolf

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 22d

"All things share the same breath – the beast, the tree, the man, the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports." – Chief Seattle

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 24d

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it." – Roald Dahl

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · 28d

“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.” ~ Lemony Snicket

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · Sep 25

"We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing." ~ Maria Mitchell

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · Sep 25

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” --Woodrow Wilson

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · Sep 22

"The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination." ~ John Schaar

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · Sep 22

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned the hard way that some poems don't rhyme and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what's going to happen next ~ Gilda Radner

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · Sep 18

“Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.” ~ George Carlin

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · Sep 16

"You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in childhood. However, as an adult, you are one hundred percent responsible for fixing it." ~ Ken Keyes, Jr.

Mairghread @thrumiiis.bsky.social · Sep 15

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." ~ Elie Wiesel