universe

 

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

higher

 

 

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

William Faulkner

compassion

 

 

 

Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.

Anaïs Nin

staying human

 

 

It's not so much staying alive, it's staying human that's important. What counts is that we don't betray each other.

George Orwell

deep

 

 

 

They muddy the water to make it seem deep.

Nietzsche

canvas

  

 

Our bodies are the canvas of our emotions, and most often, we let the world paint it.

Natasha Potter

preserve

 

 

white America would rather throw away democracy altogether, and embrace "a native form of fascism to preserve their power.

Martin Luther King, Jr

i stand with Urkraine

life

 

 

 

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Anais Nin

act

 

 

You have to act as it it was possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.

Angela Davis

retrumplicans

 

 

The Retrumplicans are the new fascist party, Pay Attention.

Kevin Artman

time

 

 

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

Tennessee Williams

erased

 

 

 

Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.

George Orwell, 1984

heart

 

 

 

My heart is broken in the face of stupidity of my species.

Joni Mitchell

as if

 

 

 

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

James Dean

enemy

 

 

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

Stephen Hawking

dead

 

 

 

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

George Eliot

stupidity

 

 

Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.

Margaret Atwood

greatness

 

 

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquired, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Bob Marley

be

 

 

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

Octavia Butler