#rational

Jetzt habe ich es kapiert: Es geht nicht um Fortschritt. Es geht nicht um eine Erfahrung. Nein. Es geht in jedem einzelnen Moment einfach nur darum, in genau diesem Moment das Richtige zu tun. ↗

— Matthias B. Krause

#life-experience #living #experience

Then, as now, it was just uncomfortable. Now, as then, it was a lifted chin and a crooked smile that said more than they would ever allow themselves to communicate. ↗

— Sandi Layne

#second-chances #usmc #communication

He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and excitement and peace. ↗

— Lois Lowry

#inspirational

People never leave, we are always here in our past and future lives. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational

What is a personal calling? It is God's blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don't all have the courage to confront our own dream. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#courage

People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite... Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never explained. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#inspirational-living #freedom

The Goddess teaches us that every ending is also a beginning. May there be rebirth from this death. ↗

— Cate Tiernan

#death

Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot. ↗

— Samuel Horsley

#curiosity #discover #ends #even #idiot

...success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue...as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#experience

Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly what he should do, yet cannot muster enough energy to do it. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#experience