#ice

Observation and expansion are two elements of meditation. While a teacher may guide you to have the right posture and give instruction on following the breath, no one can teach you about the experience. It comes through practice and patience. ↗

— Debra Moffitt

#guru #meditation #patience #practice #spiritual-experience

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#god #purpose #selfless-service #faith

Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today. ↗

— James Dean

#aspirations #carpe-diem #inspirational #dreams

What's going on?" he asked, looking from face to face. "I was having a good dream." "I need you," said Lissa. "I hear that from women a lot," said Adrian. Christian made a gagging sound, but the faintest glimmer of a smile crossed Eddie's lips, despite his otherwise tough guardian-stance. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#last-sacrifice #richelle-mead #vampire-academy #dreams

ابتلع معي يقينان أبتهل إلى الله دائمًا أن لا يحرمني منهما: يقيني بعدله ، ويقيني برحمته. إن ضاعا منِّي ، فإن حياتي كّلها ستؤول إلى خراب عظيم و مخزٍ لن يُقيله شيء ،ولن يغفره شيء. ↗

— ليلى الجهني

#god #justice #life #mercy #life

I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#gibran #giving #joy #life #service

He doesn't speak for a long time, until I am quiet again. "Sleep," he says. "I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you." "With what?" "My bare hands, obviously. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#beatrice-prior #four #insurgent #tobias-and-tris #tobias-eaton

Choice I needed it like I needed air. Bit no one could hear me. No one could listen. No words. No sound. No voice. I couldn't even dream myself away. Choices were made. None of them mine. At first I wondered if it was hell. And then I knew it was. ↗

— Mary E. Pearson

#dreams

All the world seemed suddenly dream, for in what waking world would a prince deceive his own people for the benefit of a slave? ~ Ayden ↗

— Rachel Haimowitz

#rachel-haimowitz #sacrifice #dreams

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#determination #dreams #justice #martin-luther-king-jr #social-change