#provoking

We can fly! “We can become butterflies! “There’s nothing at the top and it doesn’t matter!” As he heard his own message he realized how he had misread the instinct to get high. To get to the “top” he must fly, not climb. ↗

— Trina Paulus

#thought-provoking #inspirational

At such a time it seems natural and good to me to ask myself these questions. What do I believe in? What must I fight for and what must I fight against? ↗

— John Steinbeck

#thought-provoking #inspirational

Every villain is a hero in his own mind. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#awesome #different #hero #hiddleston #inspiring

Lead us not into temptation' often means, among other things, 'Deny me those gratifying invitations, those highly interesting contacts, that participation in the brilliant movements of our age, which I so often, at such risk, desire.' Reflections on the Psalms, ch 7 ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#age

Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is not doing its job if everybody agrees with what it does. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

#doing #either #everybody #goal #hates

Some men think because they're afraid to do. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#thought-provoking #courage

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end she is as bitter as wormword, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell ↗

— Justin Cronin

#morality #religious #sin #thought-provoking #death

You're stressing too much about what might be. Do something to take your mind off thinking about what might never happen. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#stress

One thing you have to realize from now on is that it doesn't matter if this is a dream or not. Survival depends on what you do, not what you think. ↗

— Rebecca McKinsey

#life-experience #survival #thought-provoking #thoughts-on-life #dreams

We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting. ↗

— Julie Otsuka

#thought-provoking #dreams