- “For years I’ve been searching for a homeland, finally I found it in you..” ― Seja Majeed, The Forgotten Tale of Larsa
- “One should learn to know one’s own Self. And if one does not know that, then he should know dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation, to not hurt anyone, to give happiness to others). If one does not know dharmadhyan, then he lost his human birth again. And one will not attain Moksha (liberation) if one does not know ‘that’ (i.e. to know one’s Self).” ― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
- When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, revert at once to yourself, and don’t lose the rhythm more than you can help. You’ll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep on going back to it. Marcus Aurelius
- “Sometimes we just want to be happy such that we don’t care who gets hurt” ― Constance Friday
- “Just because it is not physical, it does not mean it is not abuse. Verbal and Psychological abuses are real things; their effect is perhaps more damaging on the mind of the abused than the open wounds that can be seen in physical abuse” – Arti Honrao” ― Arti Honrao
- Being rejected from something good just means you were being pointed toward something better. Unknown
- “You’ll stop hurting when you stop hoping.” ― Guillaume Musso, Seras-tu là?
- “If only you would realize some day, how much have you hurt me,If only your heart ever, craves for me or my presence…If only you feel that love again someday for me,If only you are affected someday by my absence…Only you can end all my suffering and this unbearable pain,If only you would know what you could never procure…If only you go through the memories of past once again,Since the day you left my heart has bled, no one has its cure…If only you would bring that love, those showers and that rain…If only you would come back and see what damage you create,I’ve been waiting for your return since forever more…If only you would see the woman that you have made,You said we cannot sail through, how were you so sure?If only you can feel the old things that can never fade,You may have moved on, but a piece of my heart is still with you…I know how I’ve come so far alone; I know how I’m able to wade,People say that I’m insane and you won’t ever come back again…Maybe you would have never made your separate way,Maybe you would have stayed with me and proved everyone wrong…If only you would know the pain of dying every day,If only you would feel the burden of smiling and being strong…” ― Mehek Bassi, Chained: Can you escape fate?
- We are not in control of pain. No matter how hard we try. Not of the cause or the duration – only the response. Ryan Holiday
- Pain doesn’t hurt as much when you stop avoiding it. Mel Robbins
- “My body held on though I held snapped threads in my hands and patches of my flesh were missing entirely. I was proud of my little mess… all the mistakes, every scar and every tear, told a story of a life I was strong enough to bear. I wear a patch of pride upon my chest, showing all my self-glory of the good times and the rest.” ― Hubert Martin
- “Change is inevitable. Progression is a choice. We all move, but are you going to move forward?” ― Ricky Maye
- The worst loss you’ve ever experienced is the greatest gift you can have. Byron Katie
- “Our bodies are made of supernova dust, the epitome of ultimate destruction and shatter. And though we are whole, beings with bodies and souls, with cosmos in our eyes and black heart holes, we love as fiercely as the force of creation.” ― Hubert Martin
- “She was beauty and intelligence stitched together with no seams She lived in a world with no difference between reality and dreams Excellence as habit, she was much more than simple flesh and bone She walked in the way that forced her presence to be known If I viewed the world in melody, she is the only one I would see She could conquer that world in a day and still have time for tea Soft lips curved in confidence spilling sweetness with every breath Ideas remaining and growing even after the revolving dance of death Fingers curled with the power of creation and the ease with which it came She sat upon a throne as a queen playing the world like a simple game She was fire, and laughter, and the warmth both of them brought She made the idea of perfection appear as a simple afterthought Her body danced with the tidal currents of marvelous desire She could reach the sky in a day and then push on even higher She was the best getting better, the absolute antonym of threshold The words she wrote were gilded, laid heavy with amber glow gold She was one of very many, and yet, she was the only one of them all Her taste made my mouth water, her effect hit me harder than alcohol She was quality, and substance, an actual angel in every way real Her word was solid, it was a better guarantee than a devil with a deal She was better than just human, more like power that has taken shape and form And I the lucky one who holds her close, feels her heartbeat quicken like a storm” ― Hubert Martin
- “People hurting us helps us to let go of wanting them to love us. It is the beginning of learning how to love purely.” ― Donna Goddard, Love’s Longing
- “Accidents happen. Our bones shatter, our skin splits, our hearts break. We burn, we drown, we stay alive.” ― Moïra Fowley-Doyle, The Accident Season
- “I want to drag knives over my skin, just to feel something other than shame, but I’m not even brave enough for that” ― Paula Hawkins , The Girl on the Train
- “Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.” ― Kamand Kojouri
- “Look, it’s easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire,” Jace said. “They’re no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years and they’re as cunning as snakes. They can’t lie, but they love to engage in creative truth-telling. They’ll find out whatever it is you want most in the world and give it to you—with a sting in the tail of the gift that will make you regret you ever wanted it in the first place.” He sighed. “They’re not really about helping people. More about harm disguised as help.” ― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes
- Recognize reality even when you don’t like it – especially when you don’t like it. Charlie Munger
- “I love her, but every hug leaves bullet holes in my chest. Every kiss is another scar upon my flesh. Every thrust, every touch, every moan that escapes her lips…they are famine to my soul, and I still can’t let her go.” ― Hubert Martin
- “The stark nakedness and simplicity of the conflict with which humanity is oppressed – that of getting angry with and wishing to hurt the very person who is most loved.” ― John Bowlby
- “Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.” ― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
- Meditation is the only answer to all the questions of man. It may be frustration, it may be depression, it may be sadness, it may be meaninglessness, it may be anguish: The problems may be many but the answer is one. Meditation is the answer. Osho
- “He gave up. No hint of ember behind his eyes nor life in his breath. He snipped the last, overstretched strand of hope, and nicked the strand of life by mistake. He did it with his hands.” ― Hubert Martin
- “My dad had limitations. That’s what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.” ― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
- “If you are arguing with somebody, the root of that argument lies in an inner wound that person gave you. You can’t show that wound because of the fear of being judged or labelled.So, you create an outer wound at some small thing and start arguing in the hope of rubbing some ice to your inner wound. This leads to more wounds – inner and outer.” ― Shunya
- When things break down, what has been ignored rushes in. Jordan Peterson
- “Misery is vitamin for the Soul (The Real-Self), and happiness is vitamin for the body (The Non-Self).” ― Dada Bhagwan, Fault is of the Sufferer