Random Inspirational Quotes

"Death is more merciful than hope itself! There is nothing surprising in this, for death is divinely appointed, while hope is the creation of human folly. Both end in frustration. Am I destined to lead a life of endless frustration?-(The Beginning and the End)"

"Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization."

"Its as if you think you'd never findReason and the Sacred intertwined"

"Ah me, but where are now the songs I sangWhen life was sweet because you call’d them sweet?"

"Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer and finer sensations within the body is one of the surest ways to steady the wandering mind. (39)"

"As the smoke clears,I awaken,And untangle you from me.Would it make you feel betterTo watch me, while I bleed?All my windows still are broken,But I'm standing on my feet."

"If you go to your death rather than do everything you might to prevent what is happening, you are merely committing suicide and trying to make yourself feel better about it. That is the act of a coward. It is beneath contempt."

"There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can."

"We are here to enjoy the breathtaking views of life with love."

"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."

"Caregivers attract caregivers and live in a community of love. They are energized by their caring, fulfilled, and they love life. Caretakers attract caretakers and live in the company of resentful victims who see themselves as misused and are fatigued from constant giving with no return."

"Joussard, Alberta, Canada Haiku Love North Country Fair.Music, dance, artisan market ~a walk back in time."

"I am a sacrifice bound with cords to the horns of the world's rock altar, waiting for worms. I take a deep breath, I open my eyes. Looking, I see there are worms in the horns of the altar like live maggots in amber, there are shells of worms in the rock and moths flapping at my eyes. A wind from no place rises. A sense of the real exults me; the cords loosen: I walk on my way."

"Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue)."

"Hope can get you through anything."

"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue."

"I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare."

"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."

"My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself."

"Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them."