lose

 

 

 

To lose confidence in one's body is to lose confidence in oneself.

Simone de Beauvoir

oppression

 

 

 

Oppression in the name of "protection" is a time-honored strategy of misogynistic patriarchy.

Satya_Katy

not aligned

 

 

Whenever you do something that is not aligned with the yearning or your soul - you create suffering.

Anais Nin

forces

 

 

 

Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear, and greed.

Albert Einstein

path

 

 

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Thich Nhat Hanh

beware

 

 

 

Beware the peddlers of nostalgia.

Edward T. O'Donnell

you

 

 

 

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decided not to be reduced by them.

Dr. Maya Angelou

sin

 

 

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

George Bernard Shaw

beware

 

Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.

Charles Bukowski

used

 

 

How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn't pull the trigger?

Virginia Woolf

troubles

 

 

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

Josh Billings

settle

 

 

 

People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.

Søren Kierkegaard

do

 

 

 

Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.

Doris Lessing

courage

 

 

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

William Faulkner

rudeness

 

 

 

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Eric Hoffer

misfortune

 

 

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Albert Camus

learn

 

 

We learn from history that we do not learn from history.

Friedrich Hegel

you

 

 

You cannot save people. You can only love them.

Anais Nin

ability

 

 

 

Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love.

Eric Fromm

lack

 

 

 

 

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Albert Camus

live

 

 

I live in my dreams... that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

Herman Hess

truth

 

 

 

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

Immanuel Kant

dark

 

 

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

James A. Michener

listening

 

 

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility.

Nikki Giovanni

controls

 

 

 

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

George Orwell

everything

 

 

Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.

Andre Gide

flaw

 

 

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

Kurt Vonnegut

paradise

 

 

The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.

Victor Hugo

past

 

To be locked in the past means, in effect, that one has no past, since one can never assess it, or use it: and if one cannot use the past, one cannot function in the present, and so one can never be free.

James Baldwin

grief

 

Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.

Vicki Harrison

tolerance

 

 

 

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.

Thomas Mann