#hard

If instead of arranging the atoms in some definite pattern, again and again repeated, on and on, or even forming little lumps of complexity like the odor of violets, we make an arrangement which is always different from place to place, with different kinds of atoms arranged in many ways, continually changing, not repeating, how much more marvelously is it possible that this thing might behave? Is it possible that that "thing" walking back and forth in front of you, talking to you, is a great glob of these atoms in a very complex arrangement, such that the sheer complexity of it staggers the imagination as to what it can do? When we say we are a pile of atoms, we do not mean we are merely a pile of atoms, because a pile of atoms which is not repeated from one to the other might well have the possibilities which you see before you in the mirror. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#physics #richard-feynman #six-easy-pieces #change

Words are powerful. Words make a difference. They can create and destroy. They can open doors and close doors. Words can create illusion or magic, love or destruction. … All those things. ↗

— R.M. Engelhardt

#on-writing #poet #poetry #quotes #r-m-engelhardt

My voice was a bare rasp of fear. "In the weaving room, the women say it's never been this bad before..." "They always say that when things get difficult," she answered softly. Then she sat up suddenly as though coming fully awake. Reaching down, she took my chin in her hand and tipped my face to look up at hers. "Remember, Gwen, no matter who says what, the important thing is to understand what needs to be done, and then do it. No matter how hard it is, or how much pain you feel. It's as simple as that, really. Once you know what you have to do, you just do it. ↗

— Persia Woolley

#hard-times #inspirational #mother-daughter #inspirational

...it is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#hardship #inspirational #life #stoic #stoicismism

This inner Being is all powerful, intelligent, indestructible and a storehouse of knowledge and wisdom. This inner core is truly who and what you are and is perpetually trying to connect with your outward self. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#confident #empowerment #jedi #motivational #self-confidence

The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to be expressed by notes. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#consciousness #duality #hard-ai #mind #mind-body-problem

Don't wait too long. Life takes unexpected turns, and we don't always have the time we think we have. ↗

— Sylvain Reynard

#life

Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over. ↗

— Nicole Sobon

#letting-go #life #moving-on #start-over #life

Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You...Be Free...Share. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#authenticity #gratitude #hard-work #inspirational #life

May your life be filled, as mine has been, with love and laughter; and remember, when things are rough all you need is ... Chocolate. ↗

— Geraldine Solon

#chocolate #comfort #coping #hard-times #life