I wish I could’ve lived my life without making any wrong turns. But that’s impossible. A path like that doesn’t exist. We fail. We trip. We get lost. We make mistakes. And little by little, one step at a time, we push forward. It’s all we can do. On our own two feet.
When blame and self-judgement are transformed, healed, and cease to be, we have reawakened without the myth, the mythos, of separation. We are One.
To be deeply loved, means a willingness to cut yourself wide open, exposing your vulnerabilities… hopes, hurts, fears and flaws. Hiding behind the highlight reel of who you are, is the real you and that person is just as worthy of love. There is nothing more terrifying or fulfilling, than complete love, it’s worth the risk… reach for it.
I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don’t want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.
Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.
If you let lesser people determine your self-worth, you’ll never reach higher than their limited imagination.
Safety, stability–it’s an illusion. It’s a false god, Simon. It’s like clinging to a sinking raft instead of learning to swim.
Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience.
When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad.
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
I don’t look for love. Love looks for me.” “Why?” “Because it needs me. Because I’m not afraid of it.
No matter what happens in the world, however brutal or dystopian a thing, not all is lost if there are people out there risking themselves to document it. Little sparks cause fires, too.
It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.
We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. “I’m this way because my father made me this way. I’m this way because my husband made me this way.” Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
There is beauty everywhere; even in the dark, there is light, and that is the rarest kind of all.
Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems.
Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them.
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don’t want one.
Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
Is it easy? Usually not. But you don’t forgive people for their benefit. You do it for your benefit.
Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.
If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that—warm things, kind things, sweet things—help and comfort and laughter—and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all.
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
No life is a waste,” the Blue Man said. “The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we’re alone.
Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.
Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.
You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward
I think that one of these days,” he said, “you’re going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you’ve got to start going there. But immediately. You can’t afford to lose a minute. Not you.
Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.
Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.
Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
You are old beyond your years Zoeybird. Believe in yourself and you will find a way. But remember darkness does not always equate to evil just like light does not always bring good.
The only difference between you and God is that you have forgotten you are divine.
I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future.
When it rains it pours. Maybe the art of life is to convert tough times to great experiences: we can choose to hate the rain or dance in it.
Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
[Meditations Divine and Moral]
Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.
Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.