#being

Love is not an exclusive relationship with another person; love is the quality that arises when we are in contact with our inner being. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#love #relationships #life

It's a strange thing to discover and to believe that you are loved when you know that there is nothing in you for anybody but a parent or a God to love. ↗

— Graham Greene

#love #love

Every day is getting worse Do the same things and they hurt I don't know if I should cry All I know is that I'm tryin' I wanna believe in you, I wanna believe in you So why can't you be, be good to me.... ↗

— Grace Norwich

#love #song #love

The value of being brave, working hard, saving money keeping order depends on what it's for. ↗

— Bernhard Schlink

#value-of-bravery #money

Anyone who attacks individual charity, attacks human nature and casts contempt on personal dignity. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#nature

Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#faith #love #faith

So from now on, screw "perfect." Forget for a while about what kind of person you want to be, and just be the best version of the person you are. Figure out which of your classmates you genuinely like (not who you want to like you), and get to know them by telling your own stories and listening to theirs. Hang out with the people you think are cool, not the people you'd like to be considered cool by. Do things because they interest you, not because they make you look interesting... and then, take stock in a month and see whether you're not happier, healthier, and working on some actual friendships with other imperfect-but-lovely humans. ↗

— Kat Rosenfield

#ideals #perfection #friendship

Positive energy is attracted to positive energy. ↗

— Deborah Day

#friendships #positive-thinking #well-being #friendship

We didn't say or write anything for a long time. Normally silence like that was uncomfortable and awkward. Like you needed to say something to fill the empty space in the air. But it didn't feel like that with Samantha. Maybe it was because I couldn't say anything and fill the quiet, but I thought it was more about two people just being with each other, enjoying the slowdown and the rare sunshine. ↗

— Keary Taylor

#being-mute #friendship #love #mute #muted

And maybe it works the other way, too. Maybe being friends with someone can make you shut yourself off to stuff that you want to be a part of.” She doesn’t speak, just shifts her weight back and forth a few times. I look up at Nicole and give her what I hope is my most sincere look, because she has to know that I’m speaking the truth. “I never meant to turn you into someone you didn’t want to be. I don’t care what you do. If you want to be a cheerleader, then awesome. You can be a nun or a backup dancer for the Jonas Brothers. I don’t care. I just don’t want you to think you can’t be my friend and the things you want to be. ↗

— Mandy Hubbard

#friendship #friendship