#iri

There were silences in my head. I could abandon myself completely to the pleasure of multiple relationships, to the beauty of the day, to the joys of the day. It was as if a cancer in me had ceased gnawing me. The cancer of introspection. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#beauty

The circumstances of our lives are pieces of a larger scheme in the puzzle of life, and in His Perfect Wisdom, the pieces fit. ↗

— Renae Jones

#cancer #circumstances #death #dying #faith

America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks. ↗

— John Barrymore

#aspirin #buy #country #dollar #lifetime

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#both #choice #democracy #feeling #give

To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very earnest prayer Polly asked for the strength of an upright soul, the beauty of a tender heart, the power to make her life a sweet and stirring song, helpful while it lasted, remembered when it died. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#life #loving #strength-of-spirit #beauty

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#beyond #congress #devotion #members #national

What I'm trying to do is get this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism - the way we were when we changed the world, when Edison was alone, failing his 2,000th time on the lightbulb. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#alone #americanism #changed #edison #entrepreneurial

I don't believe that there are no spiritual beings around us. I don't know what to call them, I don't know how they work. But I know they're there. ↗

— Martha Beck

#beings #believe #call #how #i

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#spiritual #love

I went across the fields to avoid the straight highways, along the firing lines where people were shooting at a small wooded hill, which is now covered with wooden crosses and lines of graves instead of spring flowers. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#along #avoid #covered #crosses #fields