life

Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?

Tennessee Williams

learning

 

Going high is about learning to keep the poison out and the power in.

Michelle Obama

silent

 

If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it.

Zora Neale Hurston

burden

 

Sometimes we don't realize how heavy a burden can be until it is lifted off our shoulders.

Anonymous

future

 

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

follies

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

Arthur Schopenhauer

truth

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

vision

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Carl Jung 

music

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Friedrich Nietzsche

life

 

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Marcus Aurelius

way

As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.

Rumi

facts

 

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Aldous Huxley

time

Sometimes your heart needs more time to accept something that your mind already knows.

Paulo Coelho

change

 

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

Marcus Aurelius

life

 

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

Florence Scovel

enemy

 

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice an have.

James Baldwin

responsible

 

You are not responsible for the version of you that exists in other people's minds.

Anonymous

standing up

 

If standing up for yourself burns a bridge, I have matches. We ride at dawn.

Anonymous

loneliness

 

And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.

Paulo Coelho

sadness

 

Sadness is caused by intelligence. The more you understand certain things, the more you wish you didn't understand them.

Charles Bukowski