inspiration

"Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option."

"I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say ‘I’m bored."

"I told him I had once lost everything I had, too, and that I think that can be God’s way of building walls around us to force us to look up at Him."

"Breath is your link to life; the direct connection to your spirit."

"Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness."

"A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination."

"Politeness is okay, but it gets old and boring. You want to attack life with a passion, not a politeness, you want people to think about you and remember you and say "she is so passionate"you don't want people to think about you and remember you and say "she is so polite,"because, who cares about polite?"

"no matter how ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith"

"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?"

"All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. ... Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you."

"Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space."

"You can only be afraid of what you think you know."

"Scars are just another kind of memory."

"Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The reason for some of these trials cannot be readily understood except on the basis of faith and hope because there is often a larger purpose which we do not always understand. Peace comes through hope."

"If I've learned one lesson from all that's happened to me, it's that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out."

"I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now he was emancipated from that world of abstraction, false security, parents, and material excess."

"Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me."

"First knowledge is the knowledge of God."

"Worlds 75% or more than that population doesn't know their real capabilities. Which they are born with. If anyway they realize it then this world become a great place to live."

"How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others"