Author: Nyx

All my life I’ve looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. – Ernest Hemingway

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. – Marcus Aurelius

Let them throw their curses. If inside, I am connected to what’s true, my soul stays quiet and clear. Do you think Shiva worries what people say! If a few ashes fall on a mirror, use them to polish it. – Lalla

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. – Germaine De Stael

A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and asserting human rights to make those standards a living reality for people everywhere. – Mary Robinson (1944-____)