life

"Waking At NightThe blue river is grey at morningand evening. There is twilightat dawn and dusk. I lie in the darkwondering if this quiet in me nowis a beginning or an end."

"When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way."

"Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us."

"You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."

"The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up."

"...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine."

"The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die."

"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."

"Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret."

"My hometown I grew up in in Michigan is really tiny, and they are so excited for all of my adventures my whole life."

"Changing is what people do when they have no options left."

"I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all!"

"So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love."

"The human heart is not unchanging (nay, changes almost out of recognition in the twinkling of an eye)..."

"I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life."

"I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life."

"All life is a manifestation of the spirit, the manifestation of love."

"There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why."

"The right thing and the easy thing are never the same."