risk

 

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took blossom.

Anaïs Nin

follow

Follow your heart but take your brain with you.

Alfred Adler 

alert

 

If you're really alert, then you see the life that exists beyond the life that is on top.

Toni Morrison

soul

The Soul is a stranger trying to find a Home somewhere that is not a where.

Rumi 

kill

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Voltaire

love

 

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

Thich Nhat Hahn

religion

 

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

Lucius Annaeus Senecca

worries

 

I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

Mark Twain

comfort

 

I am not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance.

Jon Stewart

emotion

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Dale Carnegie

measure

 

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

Albert Einstein

listen

When people talk, listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe.

Ernest Hemingway

despair

 

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

Kierkegaard

what

What is now proved was once only imagined.

William Blake

caution

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

Bertrand Russell

letting go

"Was it hard?" I asked.  "Letting go?" I nodded. "Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real."

Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

upset

 

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Friedrich Nietzsche

content

 

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Lao tzu

moon

 

The moon, like a celestial lantern, illuminated the earth's nocturnal tapestry.

Virginia Woolf

9/11

 

We will NOT FORGET!!

(internet photo)