inspiration

"The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines."

"Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it."

"The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot."

"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances."

"Binatang itu bicara, makan -- tapi tak mengerti dirinya sendiri. Dan aku begitu juga."

"We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome."

"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled."

"It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible."

"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."

"We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it."

"Hope is the light that flickers and burns eternally, when you remain steadfast with faith."

"Women united can create movements. We can empower entire generations. We can build peace one action at a time. Together we rise. The time is now."

"Forever is composed of nows."

"Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time."

"Someone needs to fight,someone needs to sacrifice, someone needs to inspire, someone needs to be a hero."

"Love isn’t in a hurry like a flurry of flowery words on paper. It’s lush and slow to grow its aroma in the garden of time."

"It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs."

"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest."

"Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude."

"I am who I am; no more, no less."