Malcolm Gladwell Journalist, Author “There are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world.” Mean Stress First Impression ♥ 3
Jack Kerouac Novelist, Poet “The silence is so intense that you can hear your own blood roar in your ears but louder than that by far is the mysterious roar which I alwas identify with the roaring of the diamond wisdom, the mysterious roar of silence itself, which is a great Shhhh reminding you of something you've seemed to have forgotten in the stress of your days since birth.” Blood Silence Stress ♥ 3
Indira Gandhi Politician “In India's distant past, when the population was low, the blessing given a woman was, 'May you have many children.' Most of our epics and literature stress this wish, and the idea that a woman should have many children hasn't declined.” Children Stress Epic ♥ 3
Nathaniel Hawthorne Novelist “Many writers lay very great stress upon some definite moral purpose, at which they profess to aim their works.” Purpose Stress Moral ♥ 3
Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author “At first glance, that might seem a little silly: why put so much stress on a simple thing? But that's precisely the point.” Simple Stress Silly ♥ 3
Marcus Aurelius Philosopher, Emperor “Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all calculations and pretension.” Way Pain Stress ♥ 3
Italo Calvino Writer “The close-up has no equivalent in a narrative fashioned of words. Literature is totally lacking in any working method to enable it to isolate a single vastly enlarged detail in which one face comes forward to underline a state of mind or stress the importance of a single detail in comparison with the rest. As a narrative device, the ability to vary the distance between the camera and the object may be a small thing indeed, but it makes for a notable difference between cinema and oral or written narrative, in which the distance between language and image is always the same.” Differences Distance Stress ♥ 3
Haruki Murakami Writer “Painful is the stress when one cannot reproduce or convey vividly to others, however hard he tries, what he's experienced so intensely.” Trying Stress Painful ♥ 3
Nicolas Cage Actor, Producer “I think that movies can help guide us through those experiences [the problems that are happening in our daily lives, the stresses between countries, the economy and global warming]. I think all art tries to grapple with, redefine, come to terms with, express what's happening now when it's working. You can be entertained, but you can also be stimulated to think about things.” Art Country Stress ♥ 3
JF James Freeman Clarke Clergyman, Author “One of the best things in the gospel of Jesus is the stress it lays on small things. It ascribes more value to quality than to quantity; it teaches that God does not ask how much we do, but how we do it.” Jesus Quality Stress ♥ 3
