#tru

I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#i #like #matter #mean #much

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#big #brush #building #choose #construction

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

#i #result #shall #tell #truth

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life. ↗

— Lisa Genova

#inspirational #truth #beauty

Emptiness and the not-“I” is the quality that arises when the therapist consciously moves out of his own way without hindering the therapeutic process through his own ideas, attitudes, expectations and concepts. He is present, available and responds with the truth in the moment. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#awareness #ego #love #meditation #presence

Life's as kind as you let it be. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#truth #life

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end. ↗

— Lawrence Clark Powell

#come #correspondingly #end #ever #great

historical arguments; traditional apologetics breaks down here. Since man is here dealing with God and this by definition means with the invisible, impalpable, uncontrollable, only one attitude is appropriate and required : believing trust, trusting faith. ↗

— Hans Küng

#faith #historical #traditional #trust #attitude

I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I don't value the things that diminish you when you do tell the truth. So I'm not scared of the end result, and that is the biggest asset I have. ↗

— Susan Powter

#authority #biggest #diminish #end #end result

Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache. ↗

— Stephen King

#truth #heartache