We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it. The History of Love
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Quote:- We might have coupledIn the bed-ridden monopoly of a momentOr broken flesh with one anotherAt the profane communion tableWhere wine is spill'd on promiscuous lipsWe might have given birth to a butterflyWith the daily-newsPrinted in blood on its wings
The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy
Author:- Mina Loy
Category:- Relationships
Quote:- We might never know why we are here, but we can still proclaim in hope that we are here. I don't think such hope is foolish or idealistic or misguided.
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Author:- John Green
Category:- hope
Quote:- We mistakenly assume that bodily survival has a higher precedence than ego survival. This is simply not generally true. Ego will happily destroy the body for its own sake. Look at overweight executives headed for heart attacks on the way to getting their pictures in Fortune or anorexic models suffering slow starvation on their way to getting their pictures in Vogue. Protecting ego is the general case.
What It is Like to Go to War
Author:- Karl Marlantes
Category:- motivational
Quote:- We momentarily bask in the glory of an accomplished goal and reap the associated changes in our lives as a result of achievement.
Author:- Jay D'Cee
Category:- time,motivational
Quote:- We most commonly deceive our partners into thinking that we are not cheating on them by introducing them to our families, by sharing photos of them via social media, and/or by marrying them.
Author:- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Category:- Relationships
Quote:- We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops---which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair.
The Exorcist
Author:- William Peter Blatty
Category:- hope
Quote:- We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.
Mission Flats
Author:- William Landay
Category:- time
Quote:- We must accept our current circumstances before we can change them.
Journey of Soul - Karma
Author:- Shree Shambav
Category:- motivational
Quote:- We must acknowledge that we exist as a culmination of all of our prior days.
Author:- Jay D'Cee
Category:- motivational,time
Quote:- We must actively consider our thoughts and feelings in the present moment to ensure we are guiding ourselves based upon our most up-to-date intuitions.
Author:- Jay D'Cee
Category:- motivational,time
Quote:- We must actively work to fend off frivolous distractions and activities that will not cultivate a state of growth and bliss.
Author:- Jay D'Cee
Category:- inspiration,motivational,hope,time
Quote:- We must allow ourselves to feel sadness whenever such feeling is warranted.
Author:- Jay D'Cee
Category:- motivational,time
Quote:- We must always demonstrate maturity in facing the consequences of our missteps, no matter how extreme.
Author:- Jay D'Cee
Category:- motivational,hope,time
Quote:- We must always remember that it is the things of the spirit that in the end prevail. That caring counts. That where there is no vision, people perish. That hope and faith count, and that without charity there can be nothing good. That by daring to live dangerously, we are learning to live generously. And that by believing in the inherent goodness of man, we may ... 'stride forward into the unknown with growing confidence.
Author:- John Gilbert Winant
Category:- inspiration,hope
Quote:- We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.
The Celestine Prophecy
Author:- James Redfield
Category:- inspiration
Quote:- We must avoid telling ourselves that we are forever committed to the trajectory of our thoughts and feelings today.
Author:- Jay D'Cee
Category:- motivational,time,hope