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.
We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.
You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.
Oh the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
The truth is I didn’t need therapy; I just needed to feel loved and know that someone out there craved my attention.
Sometimes we forget about our own advantages because we focus on what we don’t have. Just because you have to work a little harder at something that seems easier to others doesn’t mean you’re without your own talents.
To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful.
Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
I know I’m not going to be in your head all the time. But once you know me, I’ll be forever in your heart.
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.
You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.
Now you people have names. That’s because you don’t know who you are. We know who we are, so we don’t need names.
The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory.