#reason

Surviving is one thing," he said quietly, his voice suddenly calmer, "but you've got to have a reason to do it. There's no point in living if you don't have anything worth living for. ↗

— David Moody

#living #reason #survival #life

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#choices #horses #life #reasons #life

He is not apprehended by reason, but by life. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#life #reason #life

He’d passed the longest night of his life locked in mortal combat with his ghosts, calling up and then disavowing twenty years of memories. He would banish that bitch from his heart if it meant cutting her out with his own dagger. And when at last he allowed himself to grieve, he did so silently and unwillingly, his tears hidden by the darkness, his rage congealing into a core of ice. ↗

— Sharon Kay Penman

#marriage #treason #life

The idea that reason and rationality is somehow separate from and antithetical to ones ' heart' is one of the most absurd theologies I have ever in my life heard." ~R. Alan Woods ("Just Keeping It Real", Copyright 2012) ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#rationality #reason #reasoning #theology #life

We cross paths with certain people in our tangled lives for a reason. It's not by chance, not an accident but it's on a purpose. You were made to be part of someone's life for it was written long before you were born."- Elizabeth's Quotes ↗

— Elizabeth E. Castillo

#path #reason #life

I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons. ↗

— Erich Segal

#afraid #reason #reject #love

I'm telling you this for one reason and one reason only: No matter how sure you are of someone's love, it's always nice to hear it. ↗

— Mike Gayle

#affirmation #confirmation #love #lovers #nice

Treacherous people do not last only memories of their treason last. So will it last with emotions mixed, of love and hate for treacherous ones. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#memories #treacherous #treason #love

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough. ↗

— Criss Jami

#antagonistic #discernment #foolishness #insecure #insecurity