Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Jasmina Alexander

Quote by Jasmina Alexander

“Yes, being happy depends on oneself, but it implies sacrifices: leaving pride behind, knowing how to forgive, ignoring offenses and always returning the good, for any bad action received. It is simply sacrificing oneself, for oneself and always being grateful.”

Quote by Jasmina Alexander

Author

Jasmina Alexander

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Jasmina Alexander. more

You May Also Like

“Civilization has a built-in lag time. Just like light delay. We fly out here to this new place, and because we're civilized, we think civilization comes with us. It doesn't. We build it. And while we're building it, a whole lot of people die. You think the American west came with railroads and post offices and jails? Those things were built, and at the cost of thousands of lives. They were built on the corpses of everyone who was there before the Spanish came.”

“The light from behind her father’s eyes resembled not so much the dimness of time but rather a sort of eclipse. It was almost as if he was two men trapped in one body and that the bigger, brighter, star of a man he used to be had become eclipsed by this small, sturdy, rock of a man that sat before me. His every glance seemed to be warning me - shouting at me - that to live the life of a modern man is to live a life eclipsed.”