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A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.
— Alanis Morissette
I turned to face Audrey, and everything I loved was right there in her eyes, the memories tangible: the schooldays and sleepovers, the cheap bottles of wine and sappy chick flicks. She was there for my mother’s drunken relapses, there to hold me until I fell asleep the first time the ex from Seattle hit me. It was all there, and my God, each memory was suddenly sacred and the sun rose and set upon it.
— Rachael Wade, The Tragedy of Knowledge
It is through the tender austerity of our troubles that the Son of Man comes knocking. In every event He seeks an entrance to my heart, yes, even in my most helpless, futile, fruitless moments. The very cracks and empty crannies of my life, my perplexities and hurts and botched-up jobs, He wants to fill with Himself, His joy, His life...He urges me to learn of Him: 'I am gentle and humble in heart.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Who but my mother held those small pieces of my childhood? Where would they go when she was gone?
— Lorna Crozier, Small Beneath the Sky: A Prairie Memoir
But I explained that deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope.
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
Man is more himself, more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing and grief superficial.
— G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
I think unconsciously I was afraid that if she asked me how I felt, my unleashed grief and rage would kill us all. In some unadmitted corner of myself I was already weeping and screaming and begging her not to leave me, not to go. If I started crying for real, only her comfort could make me stop, and if she died before she had finished comforting me, then I would be left to cry forever.
— Jean Hegland
We'd all mourn for a while, but at the end of the day we were a tough lot, and we'd survive.
— Suzanne Johnson, Royal Street
Tomorrow and tomorrow come creeping in and always will. We're fools trapped in a mechanism of our own unconscious making. Shadows strutting and fretting for one brief hour upon a stage, then heard no more. I'll weep an ocean in my heart, if the world would give me time. But not now.
— David Hewson, Macbeth
I loved everything about her, and I didn't care how dark she got. If anything it was what I loved the most, the veil of pain that fell across her face most of the day, and all of the night.
— Brendan Cowell, How It Feels
Everyone else felt the need to assure me that Mother's death was part of God's plan. Exactly, I wanted to shout after reading this sentiment half a dozen times--- his plan is to kill us all, and if an innocent child dies in agony and a wicked man breathes his last at an advanced age in his sleep, who are we to call it injustice?
— Valerie Martin, Property
When I was young I wanted so much to be like her. What a blessing are those moments when there is nothing to worry about, no thought of trouble or grief in the world.
— Belinda Jeffrey, One Long Thread
Mom, mom, mom, mom! A yowl rose from my gut, my bowels, my womb, raw as a birth cry but with no hope in it, a maddening howl, a roar, the water a wailing wall shattering around me. Unsyllabled, thoughtless, the cry rose from the oldest cells in my body. I hadn't known grief could be so primal, so crude. The violence shook me. When it stopped, I fell to my knees in the shower, and the water called to the water in me; I wanted to melt, to run down the drain and under the city to the creek and then to the river thirty miles away. Mom, mom, mom, mom!
— Lorna Crozier
He’d passed the longest night of his life locked in mortal combat with his ghosts, calling up and then disavowing twenty years of memories. He would banish that bitch from his heart if it meant cutting her out with his own dagger. And when at last he allowed himself to grieve, he did so silently and unwillingly, his tears hidden by the darkness, his rage congealing into a core of ice.
— Sharon Kay Penman, Devil's Brood
Fool your heart and take over control if you don't want to be hurt.
— Aashi uppal
I could feel their grief as if it were a beast holding us down.
— Belinda Jeffrey, One Long Thread
Grief is the emotional contract of divorce
— Cheryl Nielsen
I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.
— S.J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep
I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.
— Neil Jordan
You can't beat yourself up anymore,' he says. 'And you can't compare your thing to my thing or to anyone else's thing on the how-bad-should-I-feel? scale.
— Melissa C. Walker, Unbreak My Heart
...grief is loved turned into an eternal missing. ...It can't be contained in hours or days or minutes.
— Rosamund Lupton, Sister
Pressing my head to his heart, I listened hard, straining to hear any gurgle or murmur of life. Hearing nothing, I felt the shock settle into my mind, slowing it down and then turning it off."Don't leave me, Noah. Please, don't go," I whispered into the darkness as the light spray of rain touched my face.If only I could turn back time.I would tell him yes.
— Karen Ann Hopkins, Temptation
Maybe heartache was more normal than the absence of it.
— Jennifer Handford, Daughters for a Time
Sophia shrieked and fainted on the ground – I screamed and instantly ran mad. We remained thus mutually deprived of our senses, some minutes, and on regaining them were deprived of them again. For an Hour and a Quarter did we continue in this unfortunate situation – Sophia fainting every moment and I running mad as often. At length a groan from the hapless Edward (who alone retained any share of life) restored us to ourselves.
— Jane Austen, Love and Friendship
In fact, since the accident, Mom doesn't love anyone. She is marble. Beautiful. Frigid. Easily stained by her family. What's left of us anyway. We are corpses.At first, we sought rebirth. But resurrection devoid of her love has made us zombies. We get up every morning, skip breakfast, hurry off to work or school. For in those other places, we are more at home.And sometimes we stagger beneath the weight of grief, the immensity of aloneness.
— Ellen Hopkins, Identical
The ocean-blue bowl won’t refuse to bruise, won’t hold it back from the gaping earth-wounds.There will still come water, chill wind and happy goosebumps, and in the utmost corners of oaks, leaves laughing.
— Bryana Johnson, Having Decided To Stay
The abundance of small things, it'll bury you.
— Alden Bell
My death..I mean..will it be quick,and with dignity? How will i know when the end is coming?""When you vomit blood,sir," Tao Chi'en said sadly.That happened three weeks later,in the middle of Pacific,in the privacy of the captain's cabin. As soon as he could stand , the old seaman cleaned up the traces of his vomit, rinsed out his mouth , changed his bloody shirt, lighted his pipe, and went to the bow of his ship , where he stood and looked for the last time at the stars winking in a sky of black velvet. Several sailors saw him and waited at a distance, caps in hands. When he had smoked the last of his tobacco, Captain John Sommers put his legs over the rail and noiselessly dropped into the sea.-Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende.
— Isabel Allende
It is the blessing of dumb work done close to the earth-one gritty minute at a time, we move forward.
— Michael Perry
Dear Eloisa (said I) there’s no occasion for your crying so much about such a trifle. (for I was willing to make light of it in order to comfort her) I beg you would not mind it – You see it does not vex me in the least; though perhaps I may suffer most from it after all; for I shall not only be obliged to eat up all the Victuals I have dressed already, but must if Henry should recover (which however is not very likely) dress as much for you again; or should he die (as I suppose he will) I shall still have to prepare a Dinner for you whenever you marry any one else. So you see that tho perhaps for the present it may afflict you to think of Henry’s sufferings, yet I dare say he’ll die soon and then his pain will be over and you will be easy, whereas my Trouble will last much longer for work as hard as I may, I am certain that the pantry cannot be cleared in less than a fortnight
— Jane Austen, Love and Friendship
Every villain is a hero in his own mind.
— Tom Hiddleston
I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward
— Fridtjof Nansen
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.. Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
— Mary Schmich
I'd forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe.
— Steven Moffat
But Dobby shouted, "You shall not harm Harry Potter! ... He got up, face livid, and pulled out his wand, but Dobby raised a long, threatening finger. "You shall go now," he said fiercely, pointing down at Mr. Malfoy. "You shall not touch Harry Potter. You shall go now.
— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
I ended up dropping out of high school. I'm a high school dropout, which I'm not proud to say, ... I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, 'You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up?' I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there
— Hilary Swank
Everything is perfect. Everything is fine. The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind.Of course there may be courtesies And closures and laws to abide,But the zeal with which you play Relies on where YOU draw the line
— Jason Mraz
People felt themselves watching him even before they knew that there was anything different about him. His eyes made a person think that he heard things that no one else had ever heard, that he knew things no one had ever guessed before. He did not seem quite human.
— Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
You are what you allow the Lord to make you.
— Chris Heimerdinger, Feathered Serpent, Part 1
You have to have something to love. Something to fight for to make living a goal instead of a job.
— Penelope Douglas, Rival
Those who mistrust their own abilities are being too wicked to themselves, discouraging themselves from doing what they should have been excelling in. If you are good at discouraging yourself, you can't be a good leader because leadership is built on inspiring others to face challenges.
— Israelmore Ayivor
Here sighs and cries and shrieks of lamentation echoed throughout the starless air of Hell;at first these sounds resounding made me weep:tongues confused, a language strained in anguishwith cadences of anger, shrill outcriesand raucous groans that joined with sounds of hands,raising a whirling storm that turns itselfforever through that air of endless black,like grains of sand swirling when a whirlwind blows.And I, in the midst of all this circling horror,began, "Teacher, what are these sounds I hear?What souls are these so overwhelmed by grief?"And he to me: "This wretched state of beingis the fate of those sad souls who lived a lifebut lived it with no blame and with no praise.They are mixed with that repulsive choir of angelsneither faithful nor unfaithful to their God,who undecided stood but for themselves.Heaven, to keep its beauty, cast them out,but even Hell itself would not receive them,for fear the damned might glory over them."And I. "Master, what torments do they sufferthat force them to lament so bitterly?"He answered: "I will tell you in few words:these wretches have no hope of truly dying,and this blind life they lead is so abjectit makes them envy every other fate.The world will not record their having been there;Heaven's mercy and its justice turn from them.Let's not discuss them; look and pass them by...
— Dante Alighieri
The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.
— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence, obesity, illness, depression, and greed we can't overcome - began when we stopped living as Running People. Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way.
— Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
...it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and with the desire all alive in his heart to follow any which may come within sight of him, that he breaks away... from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
Nothing is enough that doesn't come with peace of mind. Nothing is enough that doesn't come with love.
— Tracy Deebs, Tempest Rising
The poorer your self-esteem and the lower your self-confidence, the more easily negative feelings can overwhelm ordinary good sense.
— Julian Short, A Model for Living
That the sum of a man's life was not where he wound up but in the details that brought him there. That we made mistakes.I closed my eyes, sick of the riddles, and to my surprise all I could see were dandelions-as if they had been painted on the fields of my imagination, a hundred thousand suns. And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt. 
— Jodi Picoult
We are all hungry for love, acceptance and belonging. Rejection can still feel like death.
— Julian Short, A Model for Living
Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist's only in life. There is much good and evil alloted to each life.
— Isobelle Carmody, The Farseekers
I think a person can do one of two things in life ... make your own choices despite the past or let your past make your choices for you. Very few poeple go through life completely untouched by something bad. It's just up to the individual on how much of that bad you want to define who you are where it should be that YOU define who you are.
— Carroll Bryant
His green eyes blazed with desire; such a different look than I'd known before. Chase had studied me, reading my feelings. Tucker was only trying to see his own reflection. Disturbing on several levels.
— Kristen Simmons, Article 5
Happiness requires a balance. If you feel rejected, you need to pursue love with dignity. If you feel put down you need to restore your dignity in an attractive fashion.
— Julian Short, A Model for Living
Feelings can have a life of their own and you have very little direct control over them, except perhaps to make them worse.
— Julian Short, A Model for Living
Today and onwards, I stand proud, for the bridges I've climbed, for the battles I've won, and for the examples I've set, but most importantly, for the person I have become. I like who I am now, finally, at peace with me...
— Heather James, Things A Mother Should Know: For The World's Most Important Mum
Don't allow the pride, ego and insecurities of others stunt your growth.
— Yvonne Pierre, The Day My Soul Cried:  A Memoir
It's all well and good to have profound thoughts on a regular basis, but I think it's not enough. Well, I mean: I'm going to commit suicide and set the house on fire in a few months; obviously I can't assume I have time at my disposal, therefore I have to do something substantial with the little I do have. And above all, I've set myself a little challenge: if you commit suicide, you have to be sure of what you're doing and not burn the house down for nothing. So if there is something on the planet that is worth living for, I'd better not miss it, because once you're dead, it's too late for regrets, and if you die by mistake, that is really, really dumb.
— Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
God is constantly on the move. I cannot stay where I am and follow God at the same time
—  responding requires movement.
Only sweet people with good virtues can go to fairyland. Those who treat others meanly and without respect can never go there.
— Janaki Sooriyarachchi, Emirosy
Most people, by the time they get old, have grown tough little shells around their hearts. Babies, like little Laila, start off with tender, loving, trusting hearts, but gradually, gradually, they learn to protect themselves and, as the years go by, grow tougher and tougher layers. Look at this! The outside layers of the artichoke are so tough they aren’t even worth eating but they become more and more tender as you come closer to the heart. These tough outer layers stop you feeling so much, so people walk around with hard little hearts that no one can touch. Of course there are some people who don’t have a choice – they just never learn to protect themselves...now that can be both a blessing and a burden.
— Sita Brahmachari, Artichoke Hearts
Once upon a time, loss of love, rejection, weakness and loss of territory all meant death. Now it just feels that way.
— Julian Short, A Model for Living
Sometimes I've survived anger only one minute at a time, by saying to myself again and again that the best kind of revenge is some kind of life beyond this, some kind of goodness. And I can lay no claim to goodness until I can prove that mean people have not made me mean.
— Barbara Kingsolver, Small Wonder
We(Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice!
— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Sometimes you have to give something up to get something better.
— Miranda Kenneally
Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.
— William S. Burroughs
morois are born..but strigois are made..!
— Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy
The perfect of yesterday / today, may not last till tomorrow.And for not being perfect yesterday / today, doesn't mean that tomorrow will be the same.
— Ezekiel Mosoatsi
When your dreams are reaching for the stars, there's no point in keeping your feet on the ground. Take a chance and leap!!!
— A.M. Sawyer
Tomorrow you may look up and see me as a lawyer, a doctor, business executive,teacher - or WHATEVER I BELIEVE I CAN BE !My story isn't about nice handles or quickness on the court ,but about HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, and FAITH! I know God's blessings ,I can accomplish anything and i mean ANYTHING!!!
— Jon-Robert Holden, Blessed Footsteps: Memoirs of JR Holden
Possibility is a positive act.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
God's grace is our greatest need.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Despair leads to distress.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The wonder of life begins in the womb of a woman.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Sin is passionate lust in the flesh.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
To choose the right is to reject the wrong.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
It is better to serve than be served.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
In the sacred season, we shall harvest the ripen fruit.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Whoever worries only wears himself out.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Why are you sad, when you can sing a song?
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Always be gentle.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Whatever a man sow, shall he reap.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Sow good seeds for a bountiful harvest of good fruits.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
How could we be sorrow, if there is a song?
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Sadness is a grieve spirit.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I am falling in love with heavenly Father.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Every travel gives me new thought into life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Why do we want more than we need?
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Your life is your own responsibility.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A child is a gift from God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The Maker knows the intention of every man.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is the lover's responsibility.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
if every individual sweeps in front of their house, the community will be clean. If the community is clean; our coastal ecosystems (rivers, lagoons, wetlands etc) shall be clear clean waters.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I don´t need you to believe in me/I know how to change my destiny/Sit down, about to rewrite our history
— Simon Curtis
If you can be, be yourself.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Be yourself, that is all there is.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Be yourself, free being.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We must pray for our leaders, to rule in righteousness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I give up my control, God guide my step in every circumstance.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Salvation of human life requires disclosure of truth through reason, surpassing bigotry.
— Abhijit Naskar, I Am The Thread: My Mission
Worse than any severe mental illness, is the illness of bigotry.
— Abhijit Naskar, I Am The Thread: My Mission
God is the builder of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If we live in the moment every misery shall fade.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
What I am is what the LORD GOD has made of me.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I thank God for seeing the miracle of a new morning.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Let thy breath be, a grace of thanks.
— Lailah Gfty Akita
Lack of courage leads to cruelty.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Road is road.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The insanity of shameful desires!
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Be careful your footsteps do not stumble by the stumbling stone.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Who you are is what you wish to be.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
To strive is to endure.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The dream is a distant goal.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Lead diligently.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
What I think, is what I think.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The jar of oil, shall never run out.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The well of salvation is gospel of Jesus Christ, the Saviour.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
It is better to be supportive than be superior.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
God is the Great Master.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
You look beautiful in your best self.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The greatest mistake is for a man to forsake his Maker.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Even a thousand loud lies become powerless in front of one calm truth.
— Abhijit Naskar, Human Making is Our Mission: A Treatise on Parenting
Truth does not need publicity, lies do.
— Abhijit Naskar, Human Making is Our Mission: A Treatise on Parenting
What is yours is yours
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Christians can grow in the grace of Christ, with knowledge of God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A man ought to learn from his mistakes.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
With God, everything will work for my good.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A gentle spirit, a kind heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I love to dance daily.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Every new morning is new moment in time.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Oscar may be the world’s most glorious way of honoring your work, but the real award for a filmmaker is the contentment which you receive from making your film.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Think, think.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Neurons giveth and neurons taketh away.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Acceptance made her realize that she had it in her to boldly and gracefully handle her own life. She found that she could lead a much better life if she let go of her past and started living in the “Present” .For the first time, in a long time, she found everything was so inspiring.She fell in love with life by growing Wings !!!
— Latika Teotia
Every experience is worthy while.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Thy word O Lord is the Truth.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The real Jihad is an internal process, not an external one.
— Abhijit Naskar, Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism
Religion without reason is like making love without love.
— Abhijit Naskar, Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism
Be skeptic, be doubtful, be rebellious towards every single dogma of the society. Only then there will be hope of progress for humanity.
— Abhijit Naskar, Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism
Do not hate your neighbour in your heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Keep your heart pure.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Is there any grace like go and sin no more.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Your mind is your master.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A stubbed in the back could only be from a friend.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
What is the point of having a civilization, if we do not practice being civilized!
— Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
Sacrifice begins with sharing.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Love is the greatest gift, we can give to each other.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Now, go get inspired!
— R.J. Groves, Writing You: An Unlikely Romance
Progress begins when you liberate your mind from the shackles of your ingrained tendencies of authoritarianism – the tendencies of greed – the tendencies of hatred, rage and lust.
— Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
Our mind has evolved in such a way that new wants keep appearing in it relentlessly. But do not confuse them with needs. Needs are necessity, but wants are luxury.
— Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
The choices we make impact not only our life but everyone we come into contact with daily!
— Joanfrances Boyle
Aim high, hit high.
— Barbara Delinsky, Sweet Salt Air
The journey of life is a sacred travel.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Start working my friend – start working towards humanizing the world. Because the world needs humans – conscientious humans, not some dumb manikins, driven by prejudice and discrimination.
— Abhijit Naskar, Either Civilized or Phobic: A Treatise on Homosexuality
Become a human and call upon the humans in others. And in time the world shall become a real abode of peace.
— Abhijit Naskar, Either Civilized or Phobic: A Treatise on Homosexuality
A civilization is built upon the edifice of genuine human minds, not the primitive and deluded minds of barbarian apes, who in most cases read one book of opinions written hundreds or thousands of years ago and think that they have factual answers to all the questions in the world.
— Abhijit Naskar, Either Civilized or Phobic: A Treatise on Homosexuality
The religion that I advocate, and so did the mortal humans known as Jesus, Buddha and Nanak, is the religion of love, compassion and self-realization.
— Abhijit Naskar
I don’t want to take away anybody’s religion, but simply to make them see what religion really means.
— Abhijit Naskar, Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism
Religion is not a book, it is not an institution, and it is not even a person. True Religion is realization of the self.
— Abhijit Naskar
Sometimes up sometimes down,Treat well life whatever comes around
— Manish Upadhyay
Love gives life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
All answers that you seek can only be found within.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Education Decree
You can inspire millions through positivity and live in abundance, I did. Life is great.
— Genereux Philip
Creativity vs. inspiration: inspiration makes a copy, creativity makes something completely new.
— Hannah Garrison
Travel is a worthwhile voyage.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
[They] can’t….understand you: you’re such an exceptional person. That’s what I liked about you from the start
—  I felt that you weren’t like everybody else.
Christ did to the Jewish orthodoxy, what Buddha did to the Hindu orthodoxy.
— Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
A child is a child.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The world of wonders!
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Whether in the name of Just War, Witch-Hunt or the Inquisition, at various points of history for various poppycock reasons the cross had been the weapon of mass destruction in the hands of the orthodox church.
— Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
Think of the good that Christ imparted on the society. And think of the great evil that has been done through fanaticism over one damn phrase “salvation through Christ, the Son of God.
— Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
It’s time that Christianity should be redefined by the world based upon the original teachings of Jesus, instead of the Old and New Testaments which have been interpreted, reinterpreted and distorted by all the Ecumenical Councils, i.e. the Church Councils.
— Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
Hair is hair.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Religion, as it is generally taught all over the world, is said to be based upon faith and belief, and, in most cases, consists only of different sets of theories, and that is the reason why we find all religions quarreling with one another. These theories, again, are based upon belief. One man says there is a Supreme Being sitting above the clouds governing the whole universe, and he asks me to believe that solely on the authority of his assertion. But if you actually attempt to realize what Christ realized, the entire structure of the Church would collapse.
— Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
Mother Nature gave Jesus, the Son of Nature the biological elements to see things that nobody else could, or rather nobody else would. And you are the child of Nature as well. As such you have all the powers within you, just like Jesus, to rise above the laws of the society that tend to bind your conscience with textual mysticism and fanaticism.
— Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
Jesus recognized that God within him and became Christ - so did Siddhartha Gautama and became Buddha - so did I - and so can you.
— Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
If we ask a random orthodox religious person, what is the best religion, he or she would proudly claim his or her own religion to be the best. A Christian would say Christianity is the best, a Muslim would say Islam is the best, a Jewish would say Judaism is the best and a Hindu would say Hinduism is the best. It takes a lot of mental exercise to get rid of such biases.
— Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
By infusing Jesus the man with the divine magic – by making him capable of earthly miracles as well as his own resurrection, the early church turned him into a god within the human world. Thus, the church reinforced the monopoly on the so-called route to heaven, i.e. salvation only through Jesus Christ. And during those days, whoever kept the keys to heaven would rule the world.
— Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
Dwell purely on positive thoughts.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The Reverence of God is reverence for life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.' 'In the way of what?' 'In the way of what's true.
— Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me
Be grateful for the grace of a new day.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Love keeps the heart forever warm.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Sorrow is sorrow.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Don’t stop saying, “I love you” to your soul mate.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Panic is poison.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
In Christ, there is newness of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you stand for nothing, Burr, what'll you fall for?
— Hamilton: An American Musical
Hugging makes a tender heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Grace is Grace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Embrace the sacredness of existence.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
New day, new delight.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Evil is evil.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Mercy is mercy.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Breath is breath.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Holy Bible is Holy Bible.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
What if no one is coming to discover your hidden talents, to acknowledge your untapped potential, to heal you, to save you from yourself? What if the saviour was always supposed to be you? What if that’s why it hasn’t worked out with anyone else?
— Vironika Tugaleva
If you study of scriptures, you find sacredness of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Those who suffer much, have much to say.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Any new problem is a new puzzle.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Kiss softly.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Holy hug is a soft kiss.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Of all the gifts, love is the greatest gift.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A healthy brain leads to a healthy you.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Islamophobic Civilization: Voyage of Acceptance
Life is like a book. It is your decision to narrate it or to live it
— Gabriela Rodriguez
The flowers are so beautiful, but God's love is infinitely stronger for us than the beauty of ALL flowers and all beautiful things combined!
— Craig Compton
Truth is a T-Rex. Let it out and you won't need to defend it. It'll defend itself.
— Abhijit Naskar
A beautiful country is a dream-like an illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered, strife with outer enemies will never end.
— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Repent heart, rebirth of spirit.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Never forget the past.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Inner renewal begins with repent heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I believe in having fun first, and along the way, if you teach people, if you influence people, well and good. But I don't want to set out to influence people. I don't want to set out to change the world in any self-conscious way. That way leads to self-destruction; that way, you're pontificating, and that's dangerous and it's boring - you're going to put people right to sleep.
— Ray Bradbury
I Am Female. Empowered, powerful, and greatness!
— Stephanie Lahart
Your Little Motivation Can Enlighten The Whole Dark Life Of An Embarrassing Person
— Deepak Gupta, Inspiring Life: Motivational Quotes That Can Change Your Life
My question to the atheist is, do you want an atheist world or a peaceful world? And to the believer, do you want a religious world or a peaceful world? Religious orientation doesn't define peace, but the answer here may define one's true nature.
— Abhijit Naskar
A handful of lion-hearts can wake the whole world up.
— Abhijit Naskar
Religious unity and religious tolerance are not the same thing. Unity doesn’t come merely through tolerance. You don’t need to tolerate people from other religions. It is time you start loving them. Toleration may make you a decent person, but it is love that makes you a true human being.
— Abhijit Naskar, In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience
Through the sacred verses filled with violence and self-righteousness, the minds of the angry individuals find a way to get rid of all their misery. At that unstable state of consciousness, they are drawn to the description of the Holy War. They visualize a glimmer of hope. They feel absolutely immersed in it. Finally when they emerge as holy warriors, they are no longer humans, from the emotional perspective. They emerge as wild beasts, neurologically almost unable to feel human emotions, like empathy, love, kindness and compassion. Consequently the whole world faces the wrath of the most primitive of all human elements in the name of God’s judgment.
— Abhijit Naskar, In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience
Man and woman are the two wheels of society. If either one becomes defective, the society cannot make progress.
— Abhijit Naskar
For religion to truly become an aid to humanity as a whole, every human being must make sincere efforts to break down the dogmatic barriers among different religions constructed by the pathologically ill and dangerous fundamentalists.
— Abhijit Naskar, In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience
In the domain of true religion, mere book-learning has no right to enter.
— Abhijit Naskar, In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience
​God is hardwired within the neural circuitry.
— Abhijit Naskar, The God Parasite: Revelation of Neuroscience
If you don’t act now, the day is not far, that this beautiful planet of yours, which you call home, shall be turned into a dry barren wasteland by the blood-sucking fundamentalists.
— Abhijit Naskar
Many people think less of a man if he cries because it supposedly shows a sign of weakness, but I beg to differ. A man that’s in touch with his feelings is absolutely beautiful! I admire, respect, and appreciate their braveness to be vulnerable. Crying is NOT a weakness. We cannot expect our men to be strong all of the time. That’s SO unfair! They have feelings, too. Don’t ever make a man feel less than just because he cries. Comfort, love, and support him. Show him that you genuinely care.
— Stephanie Lahart
Respect yourself and the whole world will respect you.
— Abhijit Naskar
Dare to exercise rational thinking.
— Abhijit Naskar
Islam is not dark but very bright indeed. Islam is not depressing but instead, quite uplifting and inspiring. Islam is not about censoring but instead it is about voluntary submission.
— Norhafsah Hamid, Back to Basics
​Through ignorance a common man considers his own religion to be the best and makes much useless claims, but when his mind is illuminated by Self-Knowledge, all sectarian quarrels disappear.
— Abhijit Naskar
One who has just learnt a foreign language, constantly resorts, while talking, to words belonging to that language in order to make a show of his or her achievement. But one who knows the language well, seldom uses it when speaking in his or her own mother tongue. Such is the case with those who are well advanced in religion.
— Abhijit Naskar
First know the Self and then talk of social reformation.
— Abhijit Naskar
If you want to keep on getting what you are getting, Keep on doing what you are doing".
— Hypolite
If you're not busy being born, you're busy dying.
— Bob Dylan
And like anyone who is in valiant pursuit of a dream, the ups and downs come and go, but the dream lives in the heart forever.
— Chris Michaels, The Power of You: How to Live Your Authentic, Exciting, Joy-Filled Life Now!
Every season has an end~for a harvest to begin. Embrace the process!
— Prophetess Dina Rolle
Let the moonlight sparkyour creativity..your imagination..your energy..and your love for others.
— C.A.Keith
There is nothing to lose in this life. The only loss is death.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Dream..Manifest...Believe you can...Do it..and inspire others
— C.A. Keith
Never let the light in your eyes fade...You are beautiful just the way youare..
— C.A. Keith
I remember the great feeling of sadness to have left many of our brothers behind in a foreign land, but as I sat on the rowing bench, alongside Hengist and Yffi, as the Famous Horse sailed over the gentle waves, I couldn't help but feel excited of what was to come. Yet none of us could have predicted that we were sailing towards a head -on-collision with the Roman General, Flavius Aëtius and his Hun allies, where Hengist and I would come face to face with the legendary Siegfried the Dragon Slayer and the one they call Attila the Hun!
— S.A. Swaffington, The Scourge of the Gods
Always have a 'Plan C
— Zoltan Andrejkovics, The Invisible Game: The Mindset of a Winning Team
You are not a story, your life is a story and youare the writer, write an inspiring one.
— Wordions
Life is programmed to live,Life is created to live, Life does not surrender easily,We can be strongIf we choose to be strongWe can be energeticIf we choose to be energeticWe can be pain-freeIf we choose to be pain-freeWe ccan be independentIf we choose to be independent.But if we choose all tha, we must choose to move.We must choose to exercise!
— Miranda Esmonde-White
You can never know a lot but you can always do a lot.
— Filios Sazeides
Some woman, no doubt. Most of them are." He favored Jon with a rueful grin. "Remember this, boy. All dwarfs are bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs." And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king.
— George R.R. Martin
There is no need to tell someone how to do his job if you have properly trained your team
— Dick Winters, Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Don´t ever scared to dream because everything is possible no matter how bizarre.
— Jared Leto
YOU are a signature to be dealt with and inspire, only when you move in to your authenticity.
— Angie karan
When life puts you in tough situations, don’t say “why me”, say “try me
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It is better to hug than wave hands.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
…life is as fragile as a butterfly win and we must carry it lightly. Sometimes it will sit happily in our hands, sometimes it will fly away from us, but in the end---no matter the distance or the complications in between---the things we truly care for will always come back to us.
— Hazel Gaynor, The Girl from the Savoy
Spirit. In every language in all the Realms, surface and Underdark, in every time and every place, the word has a ring of strength and determination. It is the hero's strength, the mother's resilience and the poor man's armor. It cannot be broken and it cannot be taken away.
— R.A. Salvatore, Exile
At the end of the day, you're only as good as the shadow that was left in the morning.
— Aspen Copper
Sometimes in life, we need to be pushed to conquer our fears, challenge our nightmares, realized our dreams and achieved our goals, in order to be the best we can be. - CG Murphy
— Courtney Murphy
The memory of sacred moment is unforgettable.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A cup of tea is all I need to keep working.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Once in a while, life gives you a chance to measure your worth. Sometimes you're called upon to make a split-second decision to do the right thing, defining which way your life will go. These are the choices that make you who you are.
— Perry Moore
I sweat in tears to get what I want.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
You can't put a leash on me. I'm unleashable!
— Tiffany Winfree
Greatness is inspiring others to be their best.
— Ken Poirot
This is my toughest time but the greatest.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
People will say anything, especially if they think it's what you want to hear. What we do is what matters. The proof of words is in actions.
— Rev. Whitney Wilkinson
In the void of the mind, what are your dreams?
— Pupola, Never One
I write to shed my tears.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
It is better to wonder than worry.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I graciously survived depression, mental-illness and attempt of suicide.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The lack of forgiveness and ingratitude leads unhappiness
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If the breath of life is taken, man turn to dust.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Give importance to those peoplewho give importance to you.
— Luffina Lourduraj
When you are angry, close your eyes, you will regain your inner peace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Be at peace with your soul
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The paradox of life
—  I wish to have healthy long life. But no one wants to show the glory of the gray hair.
Inner turbulence leads to anger.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Giving is stream of abundance.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I wish to be a product not a consumer.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is fun.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Explore new sacred land.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Graciously live life. There is return from the grave.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Graciously live life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Mental –ill health is delusion.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I pride myself on making my own decisions, sir," she said. "I do not welcome gentlemen making them for me.
— Sara Sheridan, On Starlit Seas
What is GRACE?An individual, inspiring and virtuous impulse, that streams the spirit with life!
— Angie karan
Trying is better option than giving up..
— Sher E Yazdan
It was the first time in months that somebody was explaining what was happening to me and assuring me that it was okay. It was the first time in months that somebody was talking to me like I mattered.It was the first time in months that I was being assured that I need not feel guilty for something that was out of my control.
— Preeti Shenoy, Life is What You Make It: A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny
Home is the one place in the world where you are safe from feeling put down or out, unentitled, or unwanted.
— Cheryl Mendelson, Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
Often we suffer because we don’t realize what’s essential.We may want to be rich, but the rich are lonely.We see all those people on TV that have won the lottery and want to be at their place, but studies show that they are even more miserable after having won the big check. They don’t really know what to do with all that money, take poor decisions on how to spend them, change themselves and their friends don’t see them in the same way.
— Lidiya K., This Moment
Experiment the power of love.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We all have faced fearful times.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Why should i expect yes cos everything i get no
— Kjiva
So the day became one of waiting, which was, he knew, a sin: moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding. (Quindi il giorno divenne un giorno d'attesa, cosa che era, lo sapeva bene, un peccato: i momenti devono essere sperimentati; aspettare è un peccato contro il tempo che deve ancora venire e contro gli istanti presenti che vengono trascurati.)
— Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere
In every aspect of your life, try to balance the imbalances to make your life more happier and try to imbalance the balanced ones to make your life full of adventures !
— Bhavesh Gandhi
Start from where you are. Empower yourself. Adjust habits. Triumph over those habits -- this is how we EAT folks! This is how it's done!
— Nancy S. Mure, EAT! Empower, Adjust, Triumph!: Lose Ridiculous Weight, Succeed On Any Diet Plan, Bust Through Any Plateau in 3 Empowering Steps!
Do not compete with anyone.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
There is good in every year.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Every New Year brings its sacred blessings.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Since we have to make choices in life, why not choose the good ones?
— Kcat Yarza, KCAT CAN: I have a pen that writes
Our dreams define our sacred destiny.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Sacred greetings!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Let go of what was and embrace what to be.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Enjoy the moment while waiting.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind