#eli

Sometimes I felt lonely because I pushed people away for so long that I honestly didn’t have many close connections left. I was physically isolated and disconnected from the world. Sometimes I felt lonely in a crowded room. This kind of loneliness pierced my soul and ached to the core. I not only felt disconnected from the world, but I also felt like no one ever loved me. Intellectually, I knew that people did, but I still felt that way. ↗

— Jenni Schaefer

#loneliness #people #love

I clenched my teeth and fists to stop them biting and scratching these clever men who want no care for the helpless sick small, who use religions and politics to stay comfortably superior to all that pain: who make religions and politics, excuses to spread misery with fire and sword and how could I stop all this? I did not know what to do. ↗

— Alasdair Gray

#feminism #frustration #patriarchy #politics #progress

Most prayers are not really questions...and if we listen very closely, a prayer is often its own answer. ...We pray because we are here - not to change the world, but to change ourselves. Because it is when we change ourselves...that the world is changed. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#religious #change

She used religion as a therapy for the ills of the world and herself, and she changed the religion to fit the ill. When she found that the theosophy she had developed for communication with a dead husband was not necessary, she cast about for some new unhappiness. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#unhappiness #change

Emotions have cycles whereas love endures. Some people confuse emotions, which are ever-changing, with love's durability. ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#feelings #love #change

I have always found the hardest mind to change is one that is religious. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#dogma #religion #self-righteous #stubborn #change

Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it. ↗

— Eben Alexander III

#inspirational #irony #laughter #religion #world

When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too. ↗

— Nikos Kazantzakis

#religious #inspirational

Na, it's not about the human desires; it's about the desires being used to get rid of loneliness, insecurity and lack of love we often feel. ↗

— Saurabh Sharma

#loneliness #love #wisdom-inspirational #inspirational

Why did it have to be so hard? Why couldn't there be a happily-ever-after ride-into-the-sunset feeling all the time? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#feelings #hurt #love #love