#w

We're so far away from those stars ↗

— Elizabeth Berg

#dreams

The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?” The satyrs fell over themselves nodding and bowing. “Oh, yes, very much, sire!” “Well, I did not miss this place!” Dionysus snapped. “I bear bad news, my friends. Evil news. The minor gods are changing sides. Morpheus has gone over to the enemy. Hecate, Janus, and Nemesis, as well. Zeus knows how many more.” Thunder rumbled in the distance. “Strike that,” Dionysus said. “Even Zeus doesn’t know. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#grover-underwood #percy-jackson #zeus #change

Life's too short to live someone else's ↗

— Nathan W. Morris

#dreams #inspirational #life-s-short #live-life-on-your-own-terms #live-life-to-the-fullest

Longing, whether for a passion or person, is one of the most powerful, yet painful emotions there are. It can drive you to its source under the most extreme conditions, or it can cripple you from obtaining your dream. When it comes to the pull you feel, always go after it, if not, it'll eat you alive. ↗

— Jennifer Salaiz

#heart-ache #life #loneliness #longing #passion

[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish species. Past human greatness has proven that when challenged, love can overpower impulsive instinct, and in essence, the vilest aspects of our nature. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#essence #flaw #human #human-condition #human-nature

Two kinds of women in this world: those who have breast cancer and those who're scared to death of getting it. Articles (men) skip on the way to the sports section? I clip out and keep in a drawer next to my bed. ↗

— S. Epatha Mekerson

#health #women #death

This world is so full of wars and hostilities. All parties seek for allies to defeat enemies. I support peace effort towards mastermind which has caused men hostile to each other. ↗

— Toba Beta

#life #mastermind #peace #truth #war

What transforms this world is — knowledge. Do you see what I mean? Nothing else can change anything in this world. Knowledge alone is capable of transforming the world, while at the same time leaving it exactly as it is. When you look at the world with knowledge, you realize that things are unchangeable and at the same time are constantly being transformed. ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#stillness #transformation #change

If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#life #wisdom #change

Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body. ↗

— Dan Millman

#cells #ever #everything #imprinted #know