inspiration

"Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself."

"I love those who yearn for the impossible."

"Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table."

"Nothing Comes Home...You Have To Get OUT & Get IT~!"

"God’s joy can fill our days with gladness until we receive the answer we are waiting for."

"Feel the fear and do it anyway!"

"She had been given a wonderful gift: life. Sometimes it was cruelly taken away too soon, but it's what you did with it that counted, not how long it lasted."

"No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself."

"Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue."

"A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise."

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf."

"إن كان في حياتك تمّة شئٌ يستحقُ التأجيل ... فليكن التأجيلُ نفسُه"

"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."

"Just as you wouldn't leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn't start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading."

"I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred."

"I'm interested in the way in which the past affects the present and I think that if we understand a good deal more about history, we automatically understand a great more about contemporary life."

"I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."

"Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world."

"Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence."

"When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself."