#light

Life sucks. And then you die. [Jacob Black] ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#jacob-black #twilight-saga #life

You also know you’re surrendered when you don’t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in relationships. You don’t edge others out, you don’t demand your rights, and you aren’t self-serving when you’re surrendered. ↗

— Rick Warren

#life

I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. ↗

— Anonymous

#darkness #gospel #jesus #light #life

In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living. ↗

— Brent Curtis

#life

You have to accept all sides of yourself – there’s no point fighting them – just learn how to handle them, and return to the positive, balanced being you know you can be, once the winds have blown through. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#balance #balance-of-light-and-dark #balanced-life #positive #life

You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-You-Are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, and you're terrified somebody's going to stick you in a cage. Well, baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somaliland. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself. ↗

— George Axelrod

#caged-bird #free-spirit #holly-golightly #wild-thing #life

Life gives you exactly what you need to awaken. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#buddhism #enlightenment #spiritual-journey #spiritual-journeys #spirituality

I don’t know where I’m going on this path. I don’t know what I’m doing with my life. You had to be lost, before you could be found. These are the truths. You had to be confused, before you could find clarity; you had to suffer, before you could find peace. These were the only ways, life could happen. Of course you were confused before you found clarity. If you weren't confused, then you would already be clear. Of course you were lost before you were found. If you were already found, then you wouldn't be lost. Of course there would be suffering before peace. If there was already peace, then there wouldn't be suffering. One necessarily came before the other. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#buddhism #confusion #enlightenment #finding-one-s-way #meditation

You see, unlearning is a very important process towards becoming enlightened, because in this life you will have learned wrong ways and those wrong ways that you have learned are barriers blocking you from becoming who you really are, therefore it is vital that they are unlearned. ↗

— Andrew James Pritchard

#learning #wisdom #life

We can only be enlightened to the meaning of wise words only and only if life have put and made us requiring them. ↗

— Toba Beta

#required #wise-words #life