See the world

when you put down the smart phone, the video games, and the tablet....you'd be surprised what you get into

Real Love

Real love is hard and real love is a sacrifice. But it is a sacrifice that transforms us into the fullest measure of our identity.
- Seth Adam Smith

Perfection

“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.” – Bob Marley

Wishes

if wishes were horses and horses were cars, we'd have a dealership

if wishes were horses...fools would ride

Love Lost

there's a first time for everything. and a last time.
detach with love. don't let them drag you down
don't become addicted to your own self-pity
if you don't know who I am, your best course may be to tread lightly
when you care about people, hurt is part of the package
to live in the hearts of people we leave behind, is not to die
you can't lose me when I'm not yours to lose

Generation Lost

Behold, a generation lost to narcissim. A populace who believes that no experience is worth having unless it has been uploaded, and received it's fair share of hits.

Rebirth

"For something to be reborn, there has to be an acknowledgement of something that died. We all have moments in our lives where a piece of us dies. But there has to be a grieving. There has to be a reckoning. You can’t move forward without comprehending and dealing with the losses that have occurred."

Friends and Lovers

"False friends are worse than bitter enemies."

This quote speaks to the fact that it is almost easier to deal with someone who you know from the start is not on your side than someone who you thought was a friend but is really not.

"Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much."

I adore this quote because it really sums up the best way to deal with a frenemy. You can confront them if you wish, but afterward you just have to move on. Rather than drive yourself crazy trying to figure out why someone who claimed to be your friend is trying to hurt you, you'd be better off just focusing your time on the real friends in your life.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded"

I like this quote because it helps put the "betrayal of false friends" in perspective when it comes to the whole of your life. When you recognize a false friend, you may feel a bevy of emotions ranging from hurt to shock. You might also wonder why you didn't see the way they really were sooner. ...but this quote reminds me that if you open yourself up to friends, occasionally you may be burned. It's part of life, and if it happens to you, know that you aren't alone. Emerson suggests here that dealing with a false friend is even part of being a "success" in life. In other words, put it in perspective and move on. There are too many good people in the world to waste spending energy on the ones who aren't.

Reboot

For years the soul has scarred itself raw
For internal wisdom and a mind in a war
Personal triumph to personal loss
The selling of morals for the price of their cost

These arts of mine wrecked from personal flames
There's nothing to lose, though nothing to gain
For these stories of mine fall on deaf ears
Personal trauma, hopes and the fears

A baring of soul is not needed these days
For there's more to this world than personal pain
So burn it away and cast it aside
For we all live short on limited time

Cleanse yourself clean before a mental decease
The weight of our baggage makes us crawl on our knees
So leave this behind for it burdens the soul
Nothing is necessary, that's all one need know

Feel the removal of desire and shame
It's the key to rebirth in a world slightly sane
We are what we are and our being must breathe
So i leave this behind and start something clean

Letting go

"You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go...let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles"

"Holding on to something that is good for you now may be the very reason why you don't have something better"

"We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, btu if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean..a sea"

C. Joybell C.

Friends

"True friends stab you in the front" - Oscar Wilde

Two lines

Recognize when you're starting to waste time. Not everyone can handle your consistency.

"I'm keeping my heart to myself for now. It needs rest & time to rejuvenate."

At times its better 2 starve & see clear, than 2 be fed beautiful bitter fruit. I'll die starved knowing ur fruit was tainted

When the chemistry is gone, the history doesn't matter.. 

Some will love you for your perfections and others for your imperfections. Choose wisely on who you decide to love back.

It was never my intention to fall for you. It was never your intention to catch my fall

We used to shine so bright now look where love has brought us our hearts combust now all that's left is stardust.

Last time I felt alive is when I looked in your eyes. So when you walked away a piece of me died. 

I believed that you were the one. I can only hope we grow strong.

"I don't mind being naked with you. I unbuttoned my soul & unzipped my heart."  

Everybody told me he was no good. Guess I had to find out on my own.

 I was ready to give you the crown you deserved. But you could only see yourself in rags..

His approach to me was right, I was in love with the good vibes he sensed... Ah this feeling of being loved to soon..

My flame is fragile but it shines bright. I promise to never need your fuel, only your protection

Death 2

You can shed tears that she is gone,
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her only that she is gone,
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what she'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

- David Harkins

Death

Two golden hearts stopped beating, Four shining eyes at rest, God broke my heart to prove to me, he only takes the best. One thousands words couldn't bring you back, I know because I've tried, Neither could one thousand tears, I know because I've cried. It breaks my heart to see you there, I'll get over it, Well I'll try, But what really broke my heart the most, You didn't say goodbye..

 

The days will always be brighter because he existed. The nights will always be darker because he's gone. And no matter what anybody says about grief and about time healing all wounds, the truth is: there are certain sorrows that never fade away until the heart stops beating and the last breath is taken.

 

I wonder as i wander, out under the sky, why do people I care about always have to die? Are you happy where you are, wherever that might be? I wonder as i wander, do you still think of me? Is it nice up there in heaven? For i know you made it there. Are the clouds made out of marshmallows, do you know that i still care? I looked up at the winter sky and shed a single tear. I think of all the days gone by, I'll always hold you dear. I wonder as i wander, out under the sky, why do people i care about, always have to die?

- Hilary Begleiter 

 

 

"But you`re not gonna live forever. You`re gonna die. We`re all gonna die. Me. Her. You. You`re dying right now. Right this minute. Right this second. See there? That second passed. It`s gone. Not gonna come again. And while I`m talking to you, every second I`m talking, a second is passing. Gone. Count them up. Count them down. They`re gone. Each one bringing you closer to your death."

- Moses Whitecotton, Where The Heart Is

Change

Coping with change follows the same steps as the grieving process.  The steps are shock and denial that the old routine must be left behind, then anger that change is inevitable, then despair and a longing for what was, and eventual acceptance of the new and a brighter view of the future.  Everyone works through this process; for some the transition is lightning fast, for others painfully slow.  Above all –

                             REALIZE YOUR CAPACITY TO ADAPT.

We shouldn’t expect all of the changes ahead to be painless, demanding only minimal sacrifice, cost or effort.  In fact, we should expect some dead ends, some breakdowns in communications and some misunderstandings, despite our best efforts to avoid them.  We may not be able to anticipate all of the problems ahead, but we can map out in general terms how we will deal with them.

- S. Singleton

Nietzsche

It is the stillest words that bring on the storm. Thoughts that come on doves' feet guide the world.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages

There are no facts, only interpretations.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.  

The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Linguistic danger to spiritual freedom.-- Every word is a prejudice.

Which is it: is man one of God's blunders, or is God one of man's blunders?

We forget our guilt when we have confessed it to another, but the other does not usually forget it.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn

Random 2

“Love your neighbor, even the ones who do not show you the same courtesy. You can’t expect to receive love if you’re selective and not really willing to give it. What you put into the world, you will indeed get back, even if it’s not from the person you’re expecting it to be.”

"You don’t owe anyone an explanation. You have to live with yourself and the choices you make. Strive to be happy, honest and humble. Everything else will come as it will and when it’s supposed to."

“The heart is resilient and forgiving, it is the mind that causes us stress.” 

 “The sunlight isn't the only thing that makes me happy anymore now that I can endure my storms.” 

“I've been hurt so bad and I still love so hard. I admire my heart for that.”  

"Stop trying to find reasons why love “isn’t for you." Everyone is deserving of something real but if you keep finding reasons why you don’t “really" want love, you won’t “really" get it."

"Having someone who loves me because that's what their heart wants is a beautiful thing. I will never coax anyone to lay their love here."

"Wear your crown & learn to stand on your own, so when it's time to build, you'll have a sturdy foundation to keep you grounded"

Random

“Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.”

There's a difference between fixing things and forcing them.

Having someone who loves me because that’s what their heart wants is a beautiful thing. I will never coax anyone to lay their love here.

Don't give up because you want what you want when you want it

 I am so proud of the people in my life. They are beyond in love with their passion and that makes me happy!

“I admire people who have the ability to touch you and still be thousands of miles from your presence.” — William Chapman

We cannot heal people but we can help them while on the road to recovery.

“As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.”

alcohol

“The alcohol had the effect of making the black cloth blacker. This amused her; she had noted in her journal: "booze affects material as it does people.”
― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones 


“Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT."
Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”
― Terry Pratchett

“I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.”
― Anne Lamott 

“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women  

“I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn’t taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallowers’ sword and made me feel powerful and godlike.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar 

"The greatest enemy of man is alcohol, but the bible tells us to love our enemy"

“To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems”
― Matt Groening 

“Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.”
― Jay M. Bylsma 

“It is the wine that leads me on,
the wild wine
that sets the wisest man to sing
at the top of his lungs,
laugh like a fool – it drives the
man to dancing... it even
tempts him to blurt out stories
better never told.”
― Homer, The Odyssey   

 “Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks. Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.”
― George Jones, I Lived to Tell It All 

 “Love is alcohol.”
― Katherine Applegate 

 “An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms 

 “When I was a boy, I naively thought that this thing called happiness would be something I would wake up to find every day once I could smoke, drink and fornicate.”
― Jeffrey Bernard, Reach for the Ground: The Downhill Struggle of Jeffrey Bernard

Drinking

"a drunken voice is a sober mind"

“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go
To heal my heart and drown my woe
Rain may fall, and wind may blow
And many miles be still to go
But under a tall tree will I lie
And let the clouds go sailing by”
― J.R.R. Tolkien 

Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same. It yanks you out of your body and your mind and throws you against the wall. I have the feeling that drinking is a form of suicide where you're allowed to return to life and begin all over the next day. It's like killing yourself, and then you're reborn. I guess I've lived about ten or fifteen thousand lives now.”
― Charles Bukowski

“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

 “I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.”
― Dorothy Parker,

 “Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.”
― Jim Butcher, Changes 
 

Life

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it
life is beauty, admire it
life is bliss, taste it
life is a dream, realize it
life is a challenge, meet it
life is a duty, complete it
life is a game, play it
life is costly, care for it
life is wealth, keep it
life is love, enjoy it
life is mystery, know it
life is a promise, fulfill it
life is sorrow, overcome it
life is a song, sing it
life is a struggle, accept it
life is a tragedy, confront it
life is an adventure, dare it
life is luck, make it
life is too precious, do not destroy it
life is life, fight for it!

Marilyn

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” 

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” 

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” 

“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.” 

“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.” 

“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.” 

“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.” 

“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.” 

“If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.” 

“Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?” 

“It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.” 

“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.” 

“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.” 

“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” 

 

“I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.” 

 

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know ”

Murder

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
― Voltaire

“I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban    

“Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.”
― Gloria Steinem

“The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.”
― Jim Morrison

“Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled “enemy?”
― Sylvia Plath

“When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs    

“The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls    

“When someone says, “One last thing,” it never is. Unless they die right after speaking. Make sure that they do. 
Check their pulse to be certain. 
”
― Jarod Kintz, The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink.    

“My love disappeared, along with the evidence of her dead body.
”
― Jarod Kintz, 99 Cents For Some Nonsense    

Weddings 2

Marriage is the only war where you sleep with the enemy ~ Gary Busey

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved ~ George Sands

Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot ~ author unknown

All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble ~ Raymond Hull

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same ~ Oscar Wilde

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest ~ Irwin Corey

Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day. ~ Mickey Rooney

Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry ~ Tom Mullen

Never marry for money. Ye'll borrow it cheaper ~ Scottish Proverb

Marriage is a wonderful institution ... but who wants to live in an institution? ~ Groucho Marx

The proper basis for a marriage is mutual misunderstanding ~ Oscar Wilde

Marriage is the chief cause of divorce ~ Groucho Marx

Weddings

Love is a symbol of eternity.  It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.  ~Author Unknown


We have the greatest pre-nuptial agreement in the world.  It's called love.  ~Gene Perret


Love one another and you will be happy.  It's as simple and as difficult as that.  ~Michael Leunig


I dreamed of a wedding of elaborate elegance,
A church filled with family and friends.
I asked him what kind of a wedding he wished for,
He said one that would make me his wife.
~Author Unknown


After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.  ~Douglas William Jerrold


[W]hen you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.  ~Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally


Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery


Trip over love, you can get up.  Fall in love and you fall forever.  ~Author Unknown


My heart to you is given:
Oh, do give yours to me;
We'll lock them up together,
And throw away the key.
~Frederick Saunders


My whole heart for my whole life.  ~French saying used on poesy rings

Journey

"The most adventurous journey to embark on is the journey to yourself; the most exciting thing to discover, is who you really are; the most treasured pieces that you can find, are all the pieces of you; the most special portrait you can recognize, is the portrait of your soul"

Anger

"Anger is like flowing water; there's nothing wrong with it as long as you let it flow. Hate is like stagnant water; anger that you denied yourself the freedom to feel, the freedom to flow; water that you gathered in one place and left to forget. Stagnant water becomes dirty, stinky, disease-ridden, poisonous, deadly; that is your hate. On flowing water travels little paper boats; paper boats of forgiveness. Allow yourself to feel anger, allow your waters to flow, along with boats of forgiveness. Be human."

Smile

Smile at what used to be
The glory and the agony
Smile at a memory
Smile at your enemies,
A smile finally saved me, found me and repaid me
For all the time that I've put in
And now I'm smiling back again

Vengeance

In revenge and in love woman is more barbaric than man is.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Beyond Good and Evil

Murder’s out of tune, And sweet revenge grows harsh.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Othello

When we take revenge against another, we lose some of our innocence.

PATRICE REDD VECCHIONE, Revenge and Forgiveness

If I were going to set out to oppress other people, I would surely prefer to select for my victims persons whose first response is forgiveness rather than persons whose first response is revenge.

JEFFRIE G. MURPHY, Getting Even

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster: Either condemn or crown your hatred.

PIERRE CORNEILLE, Rodogune

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over he is superior.

FRANCIS BACON, Essays

Let them that are happy talk of piety; he that would work his adversary woe must take no account of laws.

EURIPIDES, Ion

Universal though the instinct for revenge may be, it is much stronger in some of us than others. And those who have it in abundance apparently pay something of a price.

ELLIS COSE, Bone to Pick

Communications

“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.” ― Fred Rogers

“Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” ― Henry Winkler

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” — Plato

“An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart.” — David Augsburger

“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.” ― C. JoyBell C.

“I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull a muscle, so I stretch a lot. That's why I'm constantly either rolling my eyes or yawning.” ― Jarod Kintz

Happiness

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect, it just you've decided to see life beyond the imperfections. So, don't say you are happy because everything is alright, be happy when everything is bad but your doing just fine."

"The best feeling in the world is realizing that you're perfectly happy without the thing you thought you needed." - Marxie
"Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey." - Tad Williams
 
"Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention." - Greg Anderson

Maturing

"Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations." - Samuel Ullman


"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." - Carl Gustav Jung


"To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26, should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate." - Dennis Prager

Dreams

"Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self." - Gao Xingjian

Tears

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." - Harriet Beecher Stowe

Choosing

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." - Neil Peart

Decisions

"To decide to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life" - Arbie M. Dale

Listen

"Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble" - Frank Tyge


I'd rather listen more than talk anyway. You learn more about people once you really listen. and observe.

Personal Development

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
- Jon Postel
Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.
- Les Brown
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
- Helen Keller
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
- Bill Gates
Never offer what you'd hate someone for accepting.
- Tara Ploughman
It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
- Vladimir Nabokov

Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you dont win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
- Richard M. Nixon

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
- E. E. Cummings

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.
- A. Bronson Alcott

Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life.
- Jesse Lee Bennett

The real hero is always a hero by mistake he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
- Umberto Eco

Proverbs

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
All are not cooks that walk with long knives.
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, the truest lover may turn into the worst enemy.
Always yield to temptation, because it may not pass your way again.


Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

 A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

Freedom

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
- Malcolm X

The only real prison is fear and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
- Aung San Suu Kyi

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
- Marilyn Ferguson

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
- Rose Kennedy

To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
- Gerry Spence

Irish Sayings

A sunbeam to warm you,
A moonbeam to charm you,
A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.

Doubt

"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"

Religion

"Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money"


....it's all about your perception

Loneliness

“The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.”
― Charlotte Brontë 

 “The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
― Mother Teresa

“
Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.”
― Janet Fitch

 “Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi 

“sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love”
― Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

“God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false grinning faces we all wear. And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter - they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long. Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship - but the loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering.”
― Sylvia Plath