#philosophical

I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become. ↗

— Robin Jones Gunn

#philosophical #wisdom #friendship

I mean really, how could an artistic individual stay grounded in the nitty-gritty of how many minutes per pound meat has to stay in the oven when trying to fathom the creative philosophy behind the greatest artistic minds of the world? ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artists #artsy #being-practical #cooking #creativity

Never underestimate someone else's pain. ↗

— Jackie Martin

#philosophical #inspirational

It only becomes art if it touches other people. ↗

— Andreas Eschbach

#communication #music #performing #philosophical #philosophy

Learn to recognize omens, and follow them ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#paulo-coelho #philosophical #the-alchemist #inspirational

The awful thing is that if i can forget they're people, it will be no different at all ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#life #philosophical #philosophy #death

Death twitches my ear; 'Live,' he says... 'I'm coming. ↗

— Virgil

#creepy #death #death-and-dying #inspirational #living

When the voice of your friend or the page of your book sinks into democratic equality with the pattern of the wallpaper, the feel of your clothes, your memory of last night, and the noises from the road, you are falling asleep. The highly selective consciousness enjoyed by fully alert men, with all its builded sentiments and consecrated ideals, has as much to be called real as the drowsy chaos, and more. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#dreams #inspirational #philosophical #reality #dreams

The vibrations he felt in his sleep had nothing to do with his soul easing out of his body as he dreamily thought; they came solely from the weight and motion of the freight train rolling north to deliver fuel, furniture and other items having no relevance to Elijah’s life or his dreaming. On the metal rail his arm itched like a nose with a feeling that something bad was about to happen. In another life the sound of the train would have been reminiscent of certain songs by Muddy Waters or even Bruce Springsteen but not in this one. In this life the sound stabbed viciously against the night exactly like a human being demonstrating flawless disrespect for the life of another human being. --from short story ELIJAH’S SKIN ↗

— Aberjhani

#parables #philosophical-inquiry #short-fiction #short-story #dreams

The most formidable thing standing between your dreams and you ; is you ↗

— rassool jibraeel snyman

#philosophical #philosophical-musings #dreams