#cling

You know, bicycling isn't just a matter of balance," I said. "it's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground. I'm going to call that the Bicyclist's Philosophy of Life. ↗

— Susan Vreeland

#cycling #philosophy #faith

To the knights of faith nobody believes. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#circling #dejan-stojanovic #faith #knights #literature

Contentment free us from the suffering of expecting life to be different, and it helps our mind to be free from the past, and the illusion of the nonexistent future. ↗

— Martin Suarez

#clinging #contentment #freedom #freedom

Truth only exists for those who cling to it. "Sosuke Aizen ↗

— Tite Kubo

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You are not what you are; You are darkness Looking for light within. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#darkness #dejan-stojanovic #light #light-within #literature

Will the day tell its secret Before it disappears, Becomes timeless night. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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There is nobody to wake up eternal seekers. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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The farther away, the closer the home becomes. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#close #dejan-stojanovic #far-away #home #literature

In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world, whereas the foundation of modern liberalism is a clinging to the world in fear of God; albeit, the true foundation should be one's clinging to God in fear of God. ↗

— Criss Jami

#belief #clinging #conservatism #conservative #essence

Steve [sports psychiatrist] had already taught me to try and stop worrying so much about pleasing everyone. We knew that this was one of my most draining flaws and he again used three groups to clarify my thinking. There would always be some people, Steve said, who would care about me and love me. In contrast there would also be a select group of people who would never warm to me - no matter what I did. And in the middle came the overwhelming mass who were largely indifferent to any of my failures or triumphs. I needed to understand that most people didn't really care what I did or said. All my anguish about how they might perceive me was redundant. Steve helped me realize that I spent too much time trying to please those oblivious people in the middle or, more problematically, the small group who would never change their critical opinion of me. I should concentrate on the people who really did show concern for me. ↗

— Victoria Pendleton

#mental-health #psychiatry #psychology #sports #change