#Living

"Rule your mind or it will rule you."

"I don't understand dating.. and the other things that people do.. all I know is that you ought to find the one you recognize. The one who gives you four arms, four legs, four eyes, and has the other half of your heart. There's only one of those, so what are all the other things for? Like dating?"

"I have a lot of sympathy for young people because I realize how disturbed I was. How would I deal with life in the future? What would I do for a living?"

"The spirit and soul are the body and brain, which are destructible-that is precisely why they are so precious."

"I will try it until i get it right. I will try it until i am no longer trying but doing it."

"Everyone dies. It is how one lives that matters."

"Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live."

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."

"I wanted color. I wanted to soar with happiness even if it meant dealing with the weight of fear and guilt, too. I wanted to live."

"Growing up is never straight forward.There are moments when everything is fine, and other moments where you realize that there are certain memories that you'll never get back, and certain people that are going to change, and the hardest part is knowing thatthere's nothing you can do except watch them."

"It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living."

"Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you!"

"Live to the point of tears."

"A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it."

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens."

"Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living."

"I tell people not to be afraid of their fears; because their fears are not there to scare them, they're there to let them know that something is worth it. Yet I am often afraid. I guess that means in my life, lots of things have been worth it!"

"I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories... water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom."

"You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs, nor to the insidious activity of the streets."

"Feel your emotions,Live true your passions,Keep still your mind."