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“The one does not know what to look for does not recognize what has been found”

"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

Nature and wisdom never are at strife. It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook. The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third...

“Righteousness is good character, and sin is whatever bothers you and you do not want people to know.” (Saheeh Muslim)

“Righteousness is not that you turn your faces to the east and the west [in prayer].  But righteous is the...

The problem with introspection is that it has no end.
— Philip K. Dick

"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm; but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless...

"Life is short, so don’t hold back. Forgive like you have amnesia, believe like a kid, love like crazy and be yourself."

Good and evil are merely opposite sides of a coin. Get tossed in the air enough, it’s easy to come down on the wrong side.
— Karen Marie Moning

“That is why it is so important to let certain things go.
To release them. To cut loose.
People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards;
sometimes we win and sometimes we lose.
Don’t expect to get anything...

"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills."
Buddha

The truth will set you free...
But not until it's finished with you...

~David Foster Wallace

"Why do you live in your body like you will be given another? As if it were temporary. You starve it, you let anyone touch it, you berate it. Tell it that should be completely different. You tug at your soft flesh, wish it thinner, wish...

Its your life, so take responsibility for it. Don't say that your life sucks and its not your fault. If it sucks, do something about it, and don't give up.

“What kills love? Only this: Neglect. Not to see you when you stand before me. Not to think of you in the little things. Not to make the road wide for you, the table spread for you. To choose you out of habit not desire, to pass the...

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It creates the failures. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds onto you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.

~Anais Nin

There is no bondage without the BOND...

Comfort can be a dangerous thing. You stick around home all the time where it’s safe and nothing ever changes, and before you know it, you get set in your ways and you quit learning, you quit changing, you don’t grow anymore...

You're going to discover that conversations are best at 4 am. The heavier the eyelids, the sincerer the words. Those are the talks you'll remember. It's ok not to know the answer and silence is not awkward. It's shared, so share it more...

No matter how many times I tell you this, you’re still thinking, thinking, judging, judging, coming to conclusions, trying to work out your life. You have to let go. Totally, absolutely, completely.

— Robert Adams

I don’t know the meaning of life. I don’t know why we are here. I think life is full of anxieties and fears and tears. It has a lot of grief in it, and it can be very grim. And I do not want to be the one who tries to tell somebody...