inspiration

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

"God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know them to be speaking not of themselves who utter these priceless words in a state of unconsciousness, but that God himself is the speaker, and that through them he is conversing with us."

"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness"

"I was kind of excited to go to jail for the first time and I learnt some great dialogue."

"Each of us suffers with envy/for the forgiven."

"The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes."

"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today."

"So, have we solved the secret of happiness?"I believe so,"he saidAre you going to tell me?"Yes.Ready?"Ready."Be satisfied."That's it?"Be greatful."That's it?"For what you have.For the love you receive.And for what God has given you."That's it?He looked me in the eye.Then he sighed deeply."That's it."

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."

"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering."

"Love has no limitations. It cannot be measured. It has no boundaries. Although many have tried, love is indefinable."

"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."

"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself."

"A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for."

"Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

"Turn down mediocrity in all its forms!"

"Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep."

"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself"

"You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past."

"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."