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"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." – Thomas Jefferson
“Light and shadow can’t mix, as we all know. But… never forget that there’s another world bound to this one.” – Midna (Twilight Princess
"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." —John F. Kennedy
"I would kill for her. I would die for her. Either way, what bliss." Gomez Addams
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
-Albert Einstein
I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.
Martha Gellhorn
“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”
― Shannon L. Alder
The present issues from the past, and the future from the present. Everything is made one by this continuity. Time is like a circle, where all the points are so linked that one cannot say where it begins or ends, for all points precede and follow one another for ever.
-Hermes Trismegistus
"No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do. No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher. Lesson number one, karate come from here." Miyagi from Karate Kid
“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen
“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”
― Bruce Lee
“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” – John Steinbeck
Like an ocean, life is deep, but we are just floating on the surface.
-Michael Bassey Johnson
"Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." — Anne Geddes
"If one practices the martial arts without hard work, the true meaning of the arts will never be gained." Pui Chain
“I’m sick of following my dreams, man. I’m just going to ask where they’re going and hook up with ’em later.” — Mitch Hedberg
You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain.
Ernest Borgnine
"Do not be concerned too much with what will happen. Everything which happens will be good and useful for you." — Epictetus
“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” - Claudius in Hamlet by Shakespeare
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."~ Master Yoda
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." — Ernest Hemingway
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.” – Voltaire
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes"- JD Salinger
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Animism is the way humanity has been deeply connected to the land and its seasonal cycles for millennia, in rapport and conversation with the animals, plants, elements, ancestors and earth spirits. The opposite of animism is the “cult of the individual” so celebrated in modern society, and the loss of the animist worldview is at the root of our spiritual disconnect and looming ecological crisis. Human beings are just one strand woven into the complex systems of Earth Community, and the animistic perspective is fundamental to the paradigm shift, and the recovery of our own ancestral wisdom.
― Pegi Eyers
"Mother is the name of god on the lips and hearts of children." - Eric Draven
“You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.”
― Shaun Hick
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
"A king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, Simba, the sun will set on my time here, and will rise with you as the new king."-Mufasa (The Lion King)
I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.
-Jimi Hendrix
"So This Is How Liberty Dies. With Thunderous Applause."~ Padme Amidala
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.-Elvis Presley
“Don’t believe in yourself! Believe in the me who believes in you!” — Kamina
"Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom." ~ Shingen Takeda
"I’m a lunatic by nature, and lunatics don’t need training – they just are." Ozzy
“To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” – Buddha
"One lesson you taught me..Never drink from the dead" ~ Claudia