#hen

He who has let go of hatred who treats all beings with kindness and compassion, who is always serene, unmoved by pain or pleasure, free of the "I" and "mine," self-controlled, firm and patient, his whole mind focused on me --- that is the man I love best. ↗

— Anonymous

#stephen-mitchell #love

Where are you supposed to stay?” He ground out... “Hendrix, are you kidding me?” “By me, Reagan. Always, by me,” he answered, ignoring my sarcasm. ↗

— Rachel Higginson

#reagan #love

Don't be afraid to be who you are, no matter who that person might be. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#be-yourself #being-yourself #loving-yourself #positive-thinking #love

True strength is knowing that you don't have to be strong every single second of the day. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-strong #healing #heartbreak #letting-down-the-walls #letting-go

There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close. ↗

— Richard Rogers

#families #family #italian #jewish #then

We could not be fulfilled if we weren't inauthentic some of the time—inauthentic, that is, in relation to such things as our passing desires to throttle our children, poison our spouse, or end our marriage over a dispute about changing a lightbulb. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#chaos #civilization #desires #necessity #order

The logic of the symbol does not express the experiment; it is the experiment. Language is the phenomenon, and the observation of the phenomenon changes its nature. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#language #phenomenon #symbol #change

And that’s about all any of us can really hope for, to die with our dignity, to die with honor and valor. To die knowing we did everything we could. ↗

— Pittacus Lore

#inspirational #lorien-legacy #the-power-of-six #inspirational

❝There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book. ❞ ↗

— Stephen King

#stephen-king #inspirational

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative. ↗

— Elisabeth Rohm

#be patient #clock #come #dues #eventually