#inspirational

"We must experience certain things in life, even in our childhood, so we can later look back and value the journey."

"I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth."

"Those who do not weep, do not see."

"One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life should be fair, or that someday it will be. It's not and it won't. When we make this mistake we tend to spend a lot of time wallowing and/or complaining about what's wrong with life. "It's not fair,"we complain, not realizing that, perhaps, it was never intended to be."

"The sun can shine, and it can burn. You can shine your love with a softer power than the sun."

"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."

"When I am ready for the opportunity, I get lucky."

"The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened."

"There are many levels of consciousness, but atomic consciousness or universal consciousness is the basis of all other levels of consciousness. A tree is very much conscious even though in our point of view they are not conscious."

"The value of life depends on the amount of pure love that you are giving away."

"If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for."

"I know I'm not going to be in your head all the time. But once you know me, I'll be forever in your heart."

"Abundance is looking for you; just open your heart to attract it."

"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose."

"You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?"

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."[Meditations Divine and Moral]"

"You are the storyteller and the editor of your book of life. So write tales of imagination, tragedy, and adventure and illustrate it with the colors of beauty."

"If you contemplate the Golden Rule, it turns out to be an injunction to live by grace rather than by what you think other people deserve."

"There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time."

"Don't just write a strong female protagonist. Be one."