“Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. The mature person can face unpleasantness, frustration, discomfort and defeat without collapsing or complaining. He/she knows he cannot have everything his/her own way every time. He/she is able to defer to circumstances, to other people-and to time. He/she knows when to compromise and is not too proud to do so.” PeopleKnowsWayPersonsAbleFacesDifferencesAbilityViolenceProudCircumstancesDestructionDefeatComplainingCompromiseSettlingMaturityFrustrationMatureDiscomfortMature Person Author:Ann Landers
“For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity?” IfsLifeDoeEndsHandsLastsTimeFallChangeSleepAbilityDestructionEternityOccasionsMidstDesirableExtinctionFatigueLast DayAbodeDeep Sleep Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Hearing, seeing and understanding each other, humanity from one end of the earth to the other now lives simultaneously, omnipresent like a god thanks to its own creative ability. And, thanks to its victory over space and time, it would now be splendidly united for all time, if it were not confused again and again by that fatal delusion which causes humankind to keep on destroying this grandiose unity and to destroy itself with the same resources which gave it power over the elements.” IfsEndsEarthHumanityCausesUnderstandingAbilitySpaceUnitedCreativeSeeingVictoryElementsResourcesDestructionUnityHearingAll TimeThanksConfusedDelusionDestroyingHumankindAgain And AgainTime And SpaceGrandioseUnderstanding Each Other Author:Stefan Zweig
“When one of us dies of cancer, loses her mind, or commits suicide, we must not blame her for her inability to survive an ongoing political mechanism bent on the destruction of that human being. Sanity remains defined simply by the ability to cope with insane conditions.” MindHumansPoliticalDiesLosesHuman BeingsAbilityConditionsDestructionBlameRemainsSuicideCancerIllnessCommitMental IllnessInsaneOppressionDefinedSanityMechanismBentInabilityOngoing Book:Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma Source: Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma
“Success is the ability to meet worthy goals, but it's also the ability to love and have compassion and the ability to get in touch with your creative center, to transform yourself toward more peaceful and just pursuits. I hope we redefine success. Otherwise, we'll see more of what we're already seeing - more aggression, more burnout, more Wall Street scandals, more war, more terrorism, more eco-destruction.” WarGoalAbilityCompassionCreativeSeeingStreetsWallDestructionWorthyTerrorismPursuitPeacefulAggressionScandalBurnoutEcoAbility To Love Author:Deepak Chopra
“[I]t is tragic that the forces for destruction that we unleashed are stronger than man's present ability to control them.” MenForceAbilityDestructionStrongerTragicUnleashed Author:Leslie Groves
“We have to go massively, like we did in the first Gulf War where we destroyed Saddam's ability to take Kuwait. We need to have a coalition that will stand for nothing less than the total destruction of ISIS and we have to be the leader.” NeedsFirstsWarAbilityLeaderDestructionDestroyedSaddamIsisCoalitionsGulf WarKuwait Author:John Kasich
“My words are unerring tools of destruction, and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.” AbilityToolsDestruction Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive.... Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with” PeopleFeelsTryingSometimesRealizingAbilityMilitaryDestructionMachinesDinnerMassiveSystematic Author:Rachel Corrie
“I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.” PeopleFeelsAbilityDestructionSystematic Author:Rachel Corrie