When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important. —Jiddu Krishnamurti More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. —Leo Tolstoy More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing. —Elizabeth Goudge More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself. —Joel Hawes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Everything is a drug. Family, art, causes, new shoes... We're all just tweaking our chem to avoid the void. —Joss Whedon More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you're afraid to let someone else see your weakness, take heart: Nobody's perfect. Besides, your attempts to hide your flaws don't work as well as you think they do. —Julie Morgenstern More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There comes a point in life when you realize everything you know about yourself, it's all just conditioning. It's the rare man who truly know who he is. —Brian Buckner More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old. —Oliver Wendell Holmes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left. —Jane Austen More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. —Lydia M. Child More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Even in the darkness, every color can be found. And every day of rain brings water flowing to things growing in the ground. —Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. —Izaak Walton More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year.... It's very character-building. —Steve Jobs More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do. —W. Somerset Maugham More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished. —Sharon Salzberg More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email