#inspiration

"Anguish is the universal language"

"Take faith, for example. For many people in our world, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding, is to eliminate doubt. But faith and doubt aren't opposites. Doubt is often a sign that your faith has a pulse, that it's alive and well and exploring and searching. Faith and doubt aren't opposites, they are, it turns out, excellent dance partners."

"Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it will keep you happy and will fetch you the glory sooner."

"It is a cliche that human beings are fascinated by size--mountain peaks, high buildings, and whales. We are also amazed by miniatures--a flea on a mouse, a flea on a trapeze, the Last Supper carved on the head of a pin."

"There will come a time in every girl's life when she realizes that your ex-girlfriend wasn't crazy. Actually, she was right (about you)."

"I called the world of phenomena an illusion, I called my eyes and my tongue and accident, valueless phenomena. No, that is all over; I have awakened, I have really awakened and have just been born today."

"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon."

"The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience"

"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best."

"Never give advice unless you have walked the walk, because anybody can talk the talk."

"Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars."

"Someone once told me that the finer points of devotion are about the size of a pinhole, and there are millions of them. And if you could connect each dot, then you’ve got a diagram of what you think you thought you knew, and if you’re willing to admit that you know nothing…you have the blueprint for a breakthrough."

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."

"I’ve grown up defined by this desperate, undeniable, ‘can’t breathe’ kind of space inside of myself and I’m afraid that the diagnosis is fatal."

"Breathe Through the Pain, It Always Gets Easier with Time."

"That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire."

"SilenceIt has a sound, a fullness.It's heavy with sigh of tree,and space between breaths.It's ripe with pause between birdsongand crash of surf. It's golden they say.But no one tells us it's addictive."

"I'm pretty much looking for beauty all the time. It just seems like some days the light is better to see it."

"If you’re honest with yourself as a writer, trying to tell the best story you can, your story will be an honest one. And your values will come out, no matter how hard you try to disguise them."

"Be Grateful- Your Life is a Miracle."