#wisdom

Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain. ↗

— Kabir

#impermanence #old-songs #sword-sentiments #wisdom #zen

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#wisdom #dreams

The point is, you need to distinguish between what honestly moves you and what the world is telling you should melt your heart. If something doesn’t reach you on a personal level, let it go. It’s hard enough dealing with everything that does. ↗

— Judi Culbertson

#organization-wisdom #dreams

The world cannot be translated; It can only be dreamed of and touched. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dreams #literature-quotes #poetry #poetry-quotes #quotes

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams ↗

— Hugh Walpole

#wisdom #dreams

It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. . . . The Indians in their simplicity literally give away all that they have—to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom they can hope for no return. ↗

— Charles Alexander Eastman

#generosity #materialism #native-american-wisdom #simplicity #age

My dear boy, looking like a thing has little to do with being a thing. Be the thing first, and you will grow to resemble it. ↗

— Liam Perrin

#appearances #discouragement #dreams #longing #wisdom

Life is easy. We make it hard. ↗

— Danny Wilson

#life

Reach high for the stars that hidden in your soul. Dream precedes the goal ↗

— Saeed Jones

#dreams

Follow your heart, but don't lose your mind along the way. ↗