#ira

I think: perhaps the sky is a huge sea of fresh water and we, instead of walking under it, walk on top of it; perhaps we see everything upside down and the earth is a kind of sky, so that when we die, when we die, we fall and sink into the sky. ↗

— José Luís Peixoto

#novel #inspirational

It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#cell-phones #heaven #heavenly #man #mobile

At certain periods of life, we live years of emotion in a few weeks, and look back on those times as on great gaps between the old life and the new. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#love #inspirational

Because it has lived its life intensely the parched grass still attracts the gaze of passers-by. The flowers merely flower, and they do this as well as they can. The white lily, blooming unseen in the valley, Does not need to explain itself to anyone; It lives merely for beauty. Man, however, cannot accept that 'merely'. If tomatoes wanted to be melons, they would look completely ridiculous. I am always amazed that so many people are concerned with wanting to be what they are not; what's the point of making yourself look ridicuolous? You don't always have to pretend to be strong, there's no need to prove all the time that everything is going well, you shouldn't be concerned about what other people are thinking, cry if you need to, it's good to cry out all your tears (because only then will you be able to smile again). ↗

— Mitsuo Aida

#beauty

Sometimes we fall into the negative so deeply that we do not realize our first instinctive reaction to everything is to think negatively or to "look" for the bad in every situation. The phrase "too good to be true" directly comes from this aspect of ourselves. To be cautious can be good in certain situations, but to dismiss every interaction or idea to the possibility of "bad things happening" puts us in a place where the beautiful or the divine never gets a chance to fully blossom. Mind your thoughts carefully, as you are the only one who can allow happiness to thrive in your life ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#enlightenment #god #higher-self #holy-spirit #inspirational

When a man begins to do that which is assigned to him, it becomes as if he is more endowed and favoured than his fellows. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#inspirational #motivational #talent #inspirational

You could be acquitted at the bar of the court but not at the bar of your conscience. ↗

— James C. Uwandu

#inspirational

The beckoning counts, not the clicking latch behind you ↗

— Freya Stark

#travel #inspirational

Avid readers are the most authentic creatures on the face of the earth, and their hearts and minds are not for sale at any price. "Mysteries for the Inspired Traveler" Goodreads blog ↗

— Kopman-Owens

#series #suspense #inspirational

The intimacy of the detail - why The Silence of the Lambs is quite possibly the Thriller Writer's bible. ↗

— Thomas Harris

#inspirational