#ness

The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#happiness #joy #practice #work #life

Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet. That is the message of The Vinegar Tasters. ↗

— Benjamin Hoff

#bitterness #life #life

Let us each take up our flaming torches and mount as the blazing fireballs of light that we are and let's burn the skies and leave it with deep scars and let them be our signatures upon eternity as we go forth! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#fire #fireballs #humanism #humanity #inspirational

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy. ↗

— Richard Francis Burton

#happiness #travel #life

Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are. ↗

— John Bradshaw

#hell #life

You can not hope to arrive at harmony in your life while stirring up disturbances in anothers... ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#consciousness #harmony #mindfulness #oneness #peace

People claim that love is the deepest feeling, but don't you believe it. Loneliness is the most affecting of human emotions. Nothing makes life more vivid. If you wish to live in the moment, I recommend intense loneliness. ↗

— Seth

#life

A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself. ↗

— Georges Clemenceau

#interesting #persistence #power #try #life

I know what it feels like, and it sucks, it really does, when you are up in the middle of the night thinking about the things that you've suddenly became aware of. The things you're missing out on right now, and all the people who are not close to you anymore, and all of the good times that will never happen again, and all the people who have meant the world to you who have forgotten about you forever, and you get this awful feeling that's kind of like a mix between loneliness and nostalgia. ↗

— Abraham M. Alghanem

#loneliness #nostalgia #life

If your partner isn't bringing out the best in you, you're in the wrong relationship. ↗

— Robert Tew

#life-quote #quote #quotes #relationship #life