Tite Kubo quote: “We should not shed tears That is a surrender of the body to the heart It is only proof That we are beings that do not k…”

“Holy indignation is a proof that we should do the same thing ourselves, and easy tears are a certain sign of a hard heart.”

Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) English poet

Vol. II, Ch. V Aphorisms and Extracts, p. 74.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

“We must never shed tears
That is the life form’s defeat and if we give into the emotions then it only becomes proof of our inability to control it.”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

“Do you not know that there is nothing the eye can see that can make it shed the tears of blood? Do you not know that there is no loss we cannot overcome”

Chigozie Obioma (1986) Nigerian writer

The fishermen (2015)

“We allow ourselves to be blown by the winds because we do know what we want: our hearts know it, even if our thoughts are sometimes slow to follow- but in the end they do catch up with our hearts and then we think we have made a decision.”

Muhammad Asad book The Road to Mecca

Page 68.
The Road to Mecca (1954)

“Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.”

Umberto Eco book The Name of the Rose

Source: The Name of the Rose (1980)

“It seems to me that
there are more hearts broken in the world
that can't be mended,
left unattended.
What do we do?
What do we do?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"Alone Again (Naturally)" (song) Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Alone Again (Naturally)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2ZjRO4s9IA (song on YouTube) Gilbert O'Sullivan, Live performance with orchestra, February 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_s7EsSY3Lw (on YouTube) Gilbert O'Sullivan, Live street performance outside Rough Trade West, April 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZWDnbkQmI8 (on YouTube) (+ Cover version by Brush Arbor on YouTube) (banjo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5H-reXHkhg (+ Cover version by Shirley Bassey on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9BFD-fpeUA (+ Cover version by David Bayu, Vega Antares, Erikson Jayanto on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFlLQGPSQKw (+ Acoustic cover version by Sammy Copley on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPEb7SX7rk (+ Cover version by Neil Diamond on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soS7NmkzXns (+ Jazz cover version by Gautier Geoffroy, Khalil Chahine and others on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLpXePYe9EI (+ Cover version by Fujii Kaze on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Gcoto1wWI (+ Cover version by Ryan Lerman, Larry Goldings, Aaron Sterling on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9SbVcxtZyo (+ Cover version by Laura Oakes on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ml6ot1RaM (+ Cover version by the Pet Shop Boys (feat. Elton John) on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pasSfvAjbn8 / (Alternative version (longer)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zppTcVbC_sk (+ Cover version by Esther Phillips on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPHdKP1Q7es (+ Cover version by Ardhito Pramono on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsqKZmmA56U (+ Cover version by Vonda Shepard on YouTube (with pictures and lyrics)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH4zYVQyyCI (+ Cover version by Soffee on YouTube (includes lyrics)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwu668d-6yk (+ Cover version by Suthipongse Thatphithakkul on YouTube (includes lyrics and guitar chords)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMxdjJUfeDM (+ Cover version by Trang Tooc, Duy Khang, Khoa Le on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4QYST0lDDk (+ Cover version by Diane Trask on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zatx-iJUdXI (+ Cover version by Joe Turone on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWnCIZCW9bo (+ Cover version by Sarah Vaughan on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlqV0oo9Wqw (+ Cover version by Andy Williams on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xNgnk66kE (+ A substituted version by Nina Simone on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMRGH0SzF64 (+ Piano instrumental by Ed Baum (on State Street, Oct. 2017) on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7i561paKbM / (Oct. 2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfgjQVRM5nk (+ Trumpet instrumental by Don Ellis on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3MW8yKmmk (+ Guitar instrumental by Daniel Estrem on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzPlmpjrm0A (+ Guitar instrumental by Sungha Jung on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFo3NI9re00 (+ Orchestral instrumental, David Rose & Orchestra on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytgJzgsuhEU Song lyrics

“We should do good deeds that touch people’s hearts throughout our lives. Only by setting a good example for others will we become strong.”

Jun Hong Lu (1959) Australian Buddhist leader

Quotes from Words of Wisdoms Vol.2