#ought

We are more severe judges of our own acts... We judge our thoughts, our intents, our secret curses, our secret hates, not only our acts. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#acts #judgement #life #reflection #self

Everybody has a soul." I turn to Pelly. "And that means you, too." "I'm not so sure of that," he says. "What does it feel like?" "Having a soul?" I look at Maxine, but she only shrugs. "I don't know," I tell Pelly. "I don't have anything to compare it to- you know, what not having a sould would feel like." We fall into a kind of awkward silence. I don't know about the others, but I'm working on what a soul is and not coming up with a whole lot. I mean, I just always thought of it as me- what I feel like being me. But surely Pelly feels like himself, so that means he's got a soul right? But if that's not your soul, then what is? It's weird and not something you really think about, is it? ↗

— Charles de Lint

#soul #thoughts #inspirational

I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church. ↗

— Gene Robinson

#bringing #brought #center #church #election

You probably didn't hear me, but I told you I loved you that night. I couldn't seem to stop it from slipping out. Then you cried for Denny, and I wanted to die again. ↗

— S.C. Stephens

#thoughtless #love

Some things scratch the surface while others strike at your soul. ↗

— Gianna Perada

#healing #life-and-living #moving #pain #rebirth

He was a dying man looking down on the surgeons trying to save him. ↗

— John Green

#humor #thought-provoking #death

Nobody thought about having more money than you could ever spend. ↗

— Slick Rick

#could #ever #having #money #more

You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive. ↗

— Steve Backley

#inspirational #life-changing #mind-body-spirit #motivational #new-thought

If you put your hand into a fire, does anyone have to tell you to move it? Do you have to decide? No: When your hand starts to burn, it moves. You don’t have to direct it; the hand moves itself. In the same way, once you understand, through inquiry, that an untrue thought causes suffering, you move away from it. ↗

— Byron Katie

#thought #understanding #change

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. ↗

— Lin Yutang

#change #character #chemical #conceive #function