Once time is lit, it will burn whether or not you're breathing it in. Even after smoke becomes air, there is the memory of smoke. I am seeing as if by the light of a match, a glimpse of my life and having it feel right.
God's extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.
Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you.
A song and a smile from someone I cared about could be enough to distract me from all that darkness, if only for a little while.
Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.
There is no instinct like that of the heart.
After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?
It's easy to be a naive idealist. It's easy to be a cynical realist. It's quite another thing to have no illusions and still hold the inner flame.
I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,' I said. 'By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who are not.
To make real friends you have to put yourself out there. Sometimes people will let you down, but you can't let that stop you. If you get hurt, you just pick yourself up, dust off your feelings, and try again.
Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance.
But in the end it's only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.
Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.
What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
As you walk through forests or the meadows of your mind, Stop and talk to those you fear Good friendships you may find
You must draw from that strength. You must increase it. And you must hold on to it because sometimes that small glimmer of inner strength is all that we have to help us press forward through the darkness.
Happiness has to do with your mindset, not with outside circumstance.
Everyone has a hidden agenda. Except me!
