- “After you hear and listen. First must come desire. Second must come willingness.Third should come understanding.Fourth should come progression and with progression will come more understanding.” ― Hyrum Yeakley
- “Fear is the most prodigious enemy of our soul” ― Abhishek Shukla, The Reflection “Success or Stress”Choose Wisely
- “The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!” ― Albert Einstein
- “Hope means to hold fast the confession of Faith.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “In a time of destruction, create something.” ― Maxine Hong Kingston
- “Some situations are just like bad dreams, they’re only unbearable while we’re giving them our full attention.” ― Curtis Tyrone Jones
- “Positive thoughts, positive life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “It is the present now and at noon yesterday, it was the present then. When noon tomorrow arrives, it will also be the present. The present is all there is.” ― John Casey, Devolution
- “At the very crisis, when Satan seemed about to triumph, the Son of God came with the embassage of divine grace.” ― Ellen G. White
- “I enjoy the thought of not having to rely on hope, but on the inconsistent, sometimes tangential unpredictability of human nature.” ― Matthew Tysz
- “Darling, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom is summed up in two words? Wait and hope.” ― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
- “Be Sure To Notice When You’re Happy” ― Brenda Farrar-Ejemai
- “Though anger seems a pessimistic response to a situation, it is at root a symptom of hope: the hope that the world can be better than it is. The man who shouts every time he loses his house keys is betraying a beautiful but rash faith in a universe in which keys never go astray. The woman who grows furious every time a politician breaks an election promise reveals a precariously utopian belief that elections do not involve deceit. The news shouldn’t eliminate angry responses; but it should help us to be angry for the right reasons, to the right degree, for the right length of time – and as part of a constructive project. And whenever this isn’t possible, then the news should help us with mourning the twisted nature of man and reconciling us to the difficulty of being able to imagine perfection while still not managing to secure it – for a range of stupid but nevertheless unbudgeable reasons.” ― Alain de Botton, News
- “I hope that the dream that never let you gois reminding you of the loveyou kept saving upfor the one who’s keeping you closeto achieving it.” ― Laura Chouette
- “Behold, we know not anything;I can but trust that good shall fallAt last — far off — at last, to all,And every winter change to spring.” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson
- “It doesn’t matter where you’ve been, only where you are going.” ― L.M. Fields
- “No matter how much shit, there will always be wildflowers.” ― Emily Henry, Beach Read
- “Sun is rising, here comes the day. Mind is clear, thanks to you. All is good in every way, one more time—I want to.” ― John Casey
- “It is easy to enter every moment of a day so burdened down as we try to carry all of our hopes and fears for that day, that we miss the good in every moment. Every moment is worth investing a full moment in. How we approach every moment matters. Shakespeare said in Antony and Cleopatra, “Give me my robe. Put on my crown. I have immortal longings in me.” Our innermost longing is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and we share that longing with everyone else. Connection comes most intimately from looking for that innermost longing in others and ourselves. Love says, as Jordan Peterson wrote, “I want the best, for what wants the best in you.” We ought to love ourselves and want the best for what wants the best in us. There is a longing inside to love without reserve or limits and allow ourselves to be loved with ultimate vulnerability.We are more than what we can hide behind a mask, and there is no reason we should try to hide it. We are not the chemical mess we feel like at times, we are amazing—we defy the law of the universe that says all things trend towards chaos and emptiness. Walt Whitman said, “I am not contained between my hat and my boots.” We are not contained between our fears and our past experiences either. We are born with awareness, imagination and will-power, and combined with any other awareness, imagination and will-power both will be increased; that is the value of connecting. What we are born with is all we have or need to give. You were born worthy of connection, don’t ever second guess it!Yes, it may be dangerous to open up and let people into our life, but it is fatal to attempt to keep people out. Choose love, choose to see the goodness in life unbiasedly wherever it may be, and choose to make life better for yourself and everyone, whether or not anyone else wants to help.It is very normal and understandable to want to feel heard, seen and appreciated; at some point however, we have to make the decision to say what most merits hearing, do what is most worth seeing, and give what is most worth appreciating, whether or not anyone sees, hears or appreciates it. There is a saying that “integrity is how you act when you think no one is looking.” I say that character is what we do despite all that would sway us otherwise, whether that be potential for fame or fear of insignificance.”No positive effort is so small that good things won’t come from it, so do it!” ― Michael Brent Jones, Conflict and Connection: Anatomy of Mind and Emotion
- “In vain the mind struggles, when it cannot reach the high level of the heart’s feelings.” ― Sami Frashëri, Shqipëria ç’ka qenë, ç’është e ç’do të bëhetë?
- Hope is the poor man’s bread. Gary Herbert
- “Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, So … Love the people who treat you right and pray for the ones who don’t. Life is 10% what you make it 90% how you take it.” ― Abhishek Shukla, Feelings Undefined: The Charm of the Unsaid Vol. 1
- “Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.” ― Shannon L. Alder
- “The sun is still there… even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again.” ― Elizabeth Goudge, The White Witch
- “In your finest hour there is eloquence, close your beloved eyes, open your heart, your destiny is seeking you.” ― Dr. Tony Beizaee
- I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. Nelson Mandela
- “Hasten, O God to help us.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.” ― Vladimir Lenin
- “Read this to yourself. Read it silently.Don’t move your lips. Don’t make a sound. Listen to yourself. Listen without hearing anything.What a wonderfully weird thing, huh? NOW MAKE THIS PART LOUD! SCREAM IT IN YOUR MIND! DROWN EVERYTHING OUT.Now, hear a whisper. A tiny whisper. Now, read this next line in your best crotchety- old man voice:”Hello there, sonny. Does your town have a post office?”Awesome! Who was that? Whose voice was that? It sure wasn’t yours! How do you do that?How?! It must’ve been magic.” ― Bo Burnham
- “At dawn of light, all darkness disappears.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!