#pa

They thought that it would be a disgrace to go forth as a group. Each entered the forest at a point that he himself had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path. If there is a path it is someone else's path and you are not on the adventure. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#life #path #life

My mother said I broke her heart...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free. ↗

— Alan Moore

#integrity #valerie-page #freedom

If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American -- our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#civil-rights #funny #patriot-act #freedom

Pain will leave you, when you let go ↗

— Jeremy Aldana

#letting-go #pain #peace #freedom

Do you not realize that your kids are going to make mistakes, and a lot of them? Do you not realize the damage you do when you push your son’s nose into his mishaps or make your daughter feel worthless because she bumped or spilled something? Do you have any idea how easy it is to make your child feel abject? It’s as simple as letting out the words, “why would you do that!?” or “how many times have I told you… ↗

— Dan Pearce

#arguing #break #child #children #dads

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace. ↗

— Eckhart Tolle

#freedom #space #freedom

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#becomes #body #choosing #i #indelible

For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the heroine out of the social sphere of the houses and their inhabitants, into a larger, lonelier world where she is free to think: walking articulates both physical and mental freedom. ↗

— Rebecca Solnit

#jane-austen #page- #freedom

The path to success is to take massive, determined action. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#determined #massive #path #success #success is

He's in pain. I am, too. It strikes me that perhaps this is part of what we are fighting to choose. Which pain we feel. ↗

— Ally Condie

#freedom #pain #freedom