If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to live in the ordinary world as ordinary women. To enter ordinary relationships. I want ecstasy. I am a neurotic — in the sense that I live in my world. I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.
Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
If you don't know who you truly are, you'll never know what you really want.
See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it
Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.
When you look for a man- what you want to look for is a man with the heart of a poor boy and the mind of a conqueror.
Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.
I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.
It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down. All that matters is you get up one more time than you were knocked down.
Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to sleep through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won't be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there- to the edge of the world. There's something you can't do unless you get there.
Some things cannot be taught; they must be experienced. You never learn the most valuable lessons in life until you go through your own journey.
I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.
Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared, and I said, God, I love you and looked to the sky and really meant it. I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other. To the children and the innocent it's all the same.
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.