#truth

Jack was unexpectedly moved when he swore allegiance to the king and country. He had served both for years, could easily have laid down his life. Yet it was different to pledge his loyalty and best efforts toward governing this nation. Dying was easier than making good laws. ↗

— Mary Jo Putney

#marriage

Blessed is he who believes in the illusion because thus he can find his great truth! ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#wisdom-inspirational #inspirational

And if we do not stand now, then when will a stand be taken against evil? ↗

— Bodie Thoene

#life #truth #inspirational

As long as we don't cut off our hearts, the inner workings of the universe illuminate before us. ↗

— Rivera Sun

#hearts #inspirational #love #magic #philosophy

The past is behind us unless we fail to learn from it. ↗

— L.M. Fields

#inspirational #logic #truth #inspirational

The true secret to seeking the unknown is in the looking, not the finding. The journey is what matters. ↗

— Josh Gates

#science #truth #inspirational

To all those whom seek the iron words of the community: if your book is good, it will stand on its own. Be it a short story, a novel, a novella, a chapter book, a poetry book, a chapbook, a manga or a graphic novel...it will seek reviews by itself. You need to do nothing with it. Do nothing but write. Give up review seeking and focus on writing, for that is what becomes you in the end. ↗

— L'Poni Baldwin

#life #reviews #this-is-da-truth #truth #writing

Kropp on the other hand is a thinker. He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out on themselves. Whoever survives the country wins. That would be much simpler and more than just this arrangement, where the wrong people do the fighting ↗

— Erich Maria Remarque

#germany #indignation #inspirational #literature #reality

You too must seek the sun... ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#life #profound #truth #inspirational

What would I look like if everything that I am, no secrets, was put on paper? Would I be horrifying? ↗

— Jackie Blue

#self-awareness #truth #inspirational