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Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.
Humanity will never be religious unless all organized religions disappear and religion becomes an individual commitment towards existence.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. Choose to live a life that matters.
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.
It is not difficult to rebuild a life. All we need is to be aware that we have the same strength we had before, and to use it in our favor.
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive
My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.
No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.
It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae
Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.
To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
Whatever you are doing, don't let past move your mind;don't let future disturb you. Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet.
Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
How much the making of a garden, no matter how small, adds to the joy of living, only those who practice the arts and the science can know.
FOLLY, n. That "gift and faculty divine" whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, guides his actions and adorns his life.
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.
Thus aged men, full loth and slow, The vanities of life forego, And count their youthful follies o'er, Till Memory lends her light no more.
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own criticism.
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
Each thing lives according to its kind; the heart by love, the intellect by truth, the higher nature of man by intimate communion with God.
Go to a forest and kiss the stream, kiss the tree, kiss the light leaking through the trees! Give your love to those that give life to you!
A death sentence will be issued, a death sentence will be implemented. A life sentence will be issued, a life sentence will be implemented.
All that appears in your life is a blessing, presenting you with a greater opportunity to define who you are, and to know yourself as that.
Most of us are frightened of dying because we don't know what it meant to live.We don't know how to live,therefore we don't know how to die
I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand in my affairs.
The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs.
We all have our la-la-la song. The thing we do when the world isn't singing a nice tune to us. We sing our own nice tune to drown out ugly.
Do you wanna leave soon? No, I want enough time to be in love with everything... And I cry because everything is so beautiful and so short.
You cut a hole in the building and people can look inside and see the way other people really lived.. it's making space without building it
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
I don't know what to do. I only know that it's taken me years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didn't want to go in.
If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve.
When gloaming treads the heels of day And birds sit cowering on the spray, Along the flowery hedge I stray, To meet mine ain dear somebody.
Choose to fully and graciously live life as it comes. The richest rewards by far are the ones to which you most sincerely give of yourself.
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.
Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifice.
Charity is unconscious of itself, there is no accumulation first and then distribution. It is like the flower - natural, open, spontaneous.
Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to swallow.
I am older now, and sleep less, and have seen most of what there is to see and am not very much impressed any more, I suppose, by anything.
Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.
A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world.
There is no death! What seems so is transition; this life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portal we call Death.
There are two classes of men called poets. The one cultivates life, the other art,... one satisfies hunger, the other gratifies the palate.