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Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. ↗

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

#inspirational #life #present #unsourced #inspirational

All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them. ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#life #philosophy #inspirational

Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next. ↗

— Ben Carson

#failure #gifted-hands #hurdles #inspirational #obstacles

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#happiness #inspirational #philosophy #inspirational

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#life-lesson #spirituality #inspirational

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear! ↗

— Mary Shelley

#um #inspirational

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life-lessons #inspirational

We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women - whose stories, for all our differences, turn out, if we listen well, to be our stories also. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#best #differences #learn #listen #listening

Every villain is a hero in his own mind. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#awesome #different #hero #hiddleston #inspiring

Time is what keeps things from happening all at once. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#philosophy #inspirational