To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. – Simone de Beauvoir Category: Acceptance
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. – Mahatma Gandhi Category: Acceptance
Death is the surest calculation that can be made. – Ludwig Büchner, Force and Matter Category: Death
Soon I will be an old, white-haired lady, into whose lap someone places a baby, saying, “Smile, Grandma!” — I, who myself so recently was photographed on my grandmother’s lap. – Liv Ullmann Category: Grandparents
