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Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.

I travel because life is short, and I will not wait for fear of death or sanctuary to become a prison of my own making.

Keep in mind too, our failures serve to teach us, and usually teach us more than our successes do. What we may perceive as a failure is also an opportunity for someone else to rise to the occasion and perform a mitzvah, or mitzvot. Do not begrudge someone their joyous performance of mitzvot. Sometimes, perhaps even more often then you may think, what we consider our failures were blessings in disguise for ourselves, or others, or everyone. Abraham did not change the world just because he himself changed, and followed his own destiny. He changed the world through his giving others opportunities to rise to their own greatness.

To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.

I mostly liked the thought which was said in the film Person of Interest "If you think that chess is the life, you must lose", incrediable thought. With this though you can reach a position when you can say all people are different or probably further. But the question is how much further can you reach?

And lonely as it is that lonelinessWill be more lonely ere it will be less--A blanker whiteness of benighted snowWith no expression, nothing to express.They cannot scare me with their empty spacesBetween stars--on stars where no human race is.I have it in me so much nearer homeTo scare myself with my own desert places.

Life is about the journey, not the destination. As long as we persevere in mindful thinking, beliefs and actions, our internal compass will point us towards true-self each step of the way.

Never miss an opportunity to learn another life skill. Just because you are an author or a doctor does not mean that you cannot learn carpentry, auto mechanics,electrical wiring, farming, or any other discipline. Each of these skills will give you the opportunity to help someone and to make a friend. Your new friend probably has a skill that you do not. If you will just ask every skilled person you see to show you how he does what he does, you will have the tools to succeed in life, to make new friends, and to save a boatload of money.

Can't you give me brains?" asked the Scarecrow."You don't need them. You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.

There is beauty and darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life in death, thorns on the rose.

Education is every day and everywhere, the only thing you have to pay is attention.

[A]t bottom, and just in the deepest and most important things, we are unutterably alone, and for one person to be able to advise or even help another, a lot must happen, a lot must go well, a whole constellation of things must come right in order once to succeed.

We all dream of being exactly what we are – powerful, beautiful, and worthy.

David, I’ll fly for you, if you’ll love me!”“Fly, then.”“I can’t fly, but love me anyway.”“Poor wingless child!”“Is it so hard to love me?”“Do you think you are easy, my illusive possession?

All this hurrying from place to place won’t bring you any relief, for you’re traveling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way.

Elizabeth sank into the leather wing chair in the library of her mind and began to read.

Life Cuts Like A Knife if You Live it Without Purpose. Make it a Thrive by Finding Yours!

War is hell and waiting is hell and war is waiting.

Acts of love, for me, are leaps of bravery.

The universe and all creation are there for you to connect your spirit to and you are special part of the whole. If you can sense the wonder of the vast infinite and eternal universe, your spirit will be lifted to great heights and you will tap the source of your life energy.

if the conditions and or circumstances are right anybody will turn against anyone...

To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the countryside, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year, Yellow leaves carpeted the lanes and fluttered down upon us as we passed, The rattle of our wheels died away as we drove through drifts of rotting vegetation--sad gifts, as it seemed to me, for Nature to throw before the carriage of the returning heir of the Baskervilles.

Part of the forces that sent Sam trudging across the white prairies was love of life, a gladness for health and youth that filled him as Mozart's gayest music filled him; and part of it was his belief that the earth on which he walked had been designed by the greatest of artists, and that is a man had the courage and fortitude not to fail it, it would not fail him. In Sam's rough mountain-man philosophy those persons who became the wards of sadness and melancholy had never summoned for use and trial more than a part of what they had in them, and so had failed themselves and their Creator. If it was a part of the inscrutable plan that he was to live through this ordeal, and again cover the bones of wife and child with mountain lilies, the strength was lying in him, waiting, and he had only to call on it- all of it- and use it, without flinching or whimpering. If he showed himself to be a worthy piece in the Great Architect's edifice he would live; in Sam's philosophy that was about all there was to it.

As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child’s situation.

The most profitable way to live this life is to trust no soul.

Our brains are like computers; it's our responsibility to programme them well, daily, and remove the viruses.

Some relationships are just a mere illusion!

Don’t betray people. Don’t cheat on people. Don’t fuck people over. Because the pain you inflict on them is not the type of pain that is quick and soon over with. Its the type of pain that never ever truly goes away. Even when the wound seems to have healed, some memory will surface and suddenly it tears wide open and the wound becomes fresh again. It never stops hurting. Its tough enough to mend a broken heart, but mending a heart that has been broken by betrayal is almost brutally impossible.

A retreat from someone or something isn't unusual. Just as how you edge closer to see better, at times you may need to take a step back to get a clearer view.

Climb the day, Drop your dreams, Possess the day.

...new life starts in the dark. Whether it is a seed in the ground, a baby in the womb, or Jesus in the tomb, it starts in the dark.

The next time that you find yourself surrounded by darkness, I hope that you will consider that you need not necessarily look to the night skies in search of a guiding star to offer hope. You don’t essentially have to depend on a shooting star as a prospect or token that you’re now able to make a wish that may actually stand a chance of coming to pass.

If we were to gain God's perspective, even for a moment, and were to look at the way we go through life accumulating and hoarding and displaying our things, we would have the same feelings of horror and pity that any sane person has when he views people in an asylum endlessly beating their heads against the wall.

One of the greatest tragedies of our time, is this impression that has been created that science and religion have to be at war

He turned around and I felt the shards of my broken heart crumble to dust.

The only thing that restricted us from becoming one was our MINDS!

I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Lord, I'll embrace whatever it is you want me to do, but please, please let me know what it is." - Father Kevin Thrall.

If we didn't have shadow we'd just sit around loving the light, likely doing nothing with it.

You're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?"He raised the bill of his olive drab ball cap with one finger. " Good question. Morbid, isn't it?""What?""Dreaming about dead peolpe. Creepy. You ever see a therapist about that?""I'm not -" Even in dreams, I couldn't win an argument. Even when he was dead.

I suppose half the time Shakespeare just shoved down anything that came into his head.

Numquam illegitimi carborundum --"Never let the bastards grind you down.”-- my old Latin prof Dr. Kuk''s version, other minor variations out there.

If you are serious about your goals and you truly desire to achieve your dreams, you must write them down.

What’s your name?” I ask again. t“Chris,” he says. “Chris Young.” tI exhale dramatically, blowing my bangs out of my eyes. t“I can take you,” I reply. “But if you try anything, I’ll shoot you right between the eyes. Seriously.” tHe almost smiles.t“Yes, ma’am.

Always stay young with your looks, your thoughts should speak your maturity

Fear is a prison where you are the jailer. Free yourself!

If you do not learn to think today, tomorrow someone else will do and will wangle you.THE WOMAN THAT USED TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK, a story by David Cotos.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

No - the light in Tamani's eyes was much more than a reflection. It was the fire that melted her anger and devestated her resolve, every single time she saw it.

The addition of certain chemicals to the atmosphere will destroy wavelengths of light and it may only be a matter of time before one of these wavelengths of light that is critical for human survival is eliminated. This is called: The Extinction Wavelength

Don’t confuse the darkness that’s leaving with the light that’s coming in.

There was no sudden, striking, and emotional transition. Like the warming of a room or the coming of daylight. When you first notice them they have already been going on for some time.

I had to learn the hard way that treating the skin like an A-bomb drop zone is completely counterproductive. And through my healing journey, I've discovered something miraculous: that moisturizers can heal in unimaginable ways.

Embrace your responsibility to dream big.

Redemption is for the weak. The strong keep sinning

Light chases away darkness.

The true voice is a good spirit.

Essentially, meditation means to experientally realize that you are not an individual bubble - you are a universe.

It's 4:58 on Friday afternoon. Do you know where your margarita is?