#life

"Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world."

"If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love."

"One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth."

"Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing."

"Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on."

"It's simple, it's not that simple; or life is simple, but the things in it are not. When a man does not understand it, he tends to inflate it. When he does, he tends to deflate it. In the end, neither images are fully accurate."

"...madaming teacher sa labas ng eskwelahan. desisyon mo kung kanino ka magpapaturo."

"Ruminating Poetry A poem should be eaten in one sittingbut regurgitated often like a ruminant's food."

"But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defensless that I couldn't do it. It was as if what I wanted to kill wasn't in that skin or the thin blue pulse that jumped under my thumb, but somewhere else, deeper, more secret, and a whole lot harder to get."

"Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world."

"Save the Last Dance for Me Life is a Hesitation Waltz danced to swing time measure. We're all given the free will to suspend our moving foot or slowly drag it during the halt."

"The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind."

"...Life is much simpler if you don’t notice anything...."

"Sometimes it’s heartbreaking to see your siblings as the people they’ve become. Maybe that’s why we all stay away from each other as a matter of course."

"If people make fun of you, that probably means you're doing something right."

"Songs of myselfClear and sweet is my soul, and clear and sweet is all that is not my soul. Lack one lacks both, and the unseen is proved by the seen, Till that becomes unseen and receives proof in its turn."

"If you can't make ends meet, meet them in the middle instead"

"Hobbes: Do you think there's a God?Calvin: Well, somebody's out to get me!"

"Publisher's Persuasion "You're much too good a writer to want a six figure advance. You don't want your readers to think you're only writing for money ~ do you?"

"Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose."