#ff

If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#faith #suffering #trials #faith

Random lines, Beyond the Darkness: "Playing 'tag, you're it' against a car is a bad idea. ↗

— Jaime Rush

#pnr #shapeshifter #suspense #urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

When you begin to reason with the Lord, your attitude to the issues of life will change. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#dreams #fulfilling-purpose #inspiration #risk-it-be-different #success-self-improvement

I was tanned, happy, and blowing a kiss to Cary, who’d playacted the role of a highfashion photographer by calling out ridiculous encouragements. Beautiful, dahling. Show me sassy. Show me sexy. Brilliant. Show me catty…rawr… ↗

— Sylvia Day

#humor #beauty

We who are like senseless children shrink from suffering, but love its causes. We hurt ourselves; our pain is self-inflicted! Why should others be the object of our anger? ↗

— Śāntideva

#buddhism #desire #suffering #anger

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#mindfulness #psychology #suffering #art

Never say no to coffee ↗

— Cesar

#quote #quotes-to-define-my-life #life

Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#healthy #honesty #progress #progress

When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

#been #between #confronted #could #i

I was just, like, not at all the office type; I was the artist type. ↗

— Ana Castillo

#i #just #like #office #type