#inspirational

"Life is not about success; life is about a journey toward happiness."

"God has arranged strange ways for some of us to find him. Sometimes He brings us on long physical journeys; sometimes He leaves us at home and makes the journey internal. Yours has been both. You have gone a long way and struggled a great deal, but I can see from your eyes that it was not for nothing."

"Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer."[1967 interview]"

"Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love, but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy"

"There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind."

"at your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you’ve ever been. They all border one another, these opposites and show how quickly we can be altered."

"Without judging anyone, let us love everyone like a flower."

"Your life is a show and you're the star so don't let anyone walk on set and treat you like an extra."

"When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness."

"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

"There is a way to be good again..."

"The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, “This is love.” God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, “This is love."

"In a strong relationship, you should love your companion more than you need them."

"The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings."

"When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough."

"Love is a magical power. If love is not a living magic, then what is?"

"A thinker can truly think only when there is true freedom of thought."

"Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.[Verse 223]"

"Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature."

"The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead."