#liza

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself. ↗

— Madonna

#inspirational #self-actualization #self-improvement #change

...fool me once, shame on me…fool me twice…I deserved to get fucked over. ↗

— Derekica Snake

#life-lessons #realization #change

She was like his favorite candy - hard on the outside but a soft surprise on the inside. ↗

— Jaci Burton

#gavin #change

I find that the world is changing much, much faster than I can even bitch about it. ↗

— Bill Maher

#humor #politics #society #change

She made a good point. So did her nipples. ↗

— Jaci Burton

#gavin #change

The highest goal of spirituality is Self-realization, but what does that mean? It means to feel your Self as a living reality in this moment, and there is always only this moment. (10) ↗

— Gay Hendricks

#reality #self #self-realization #spirituality #change

It’s amazing how things could change so quickly, in the blink of an eye. Maybe more miracles awaited on the horizon. ↗

— Bryan Davis

#hope #miracle #realization #change

He pushed her jacket off her shoulders. It was warm in the room now, and she was comfortable in her sleeveless top. He skimmed his hands down her arms, and he drew her against him. "I missed holding you." "I m sure you haven t been lonely without me." He stopped and pulled her back. "There hasn't been anyone since I was with you. Believe that. All I did after you left was play ball and brood a lot. ↗

— Jaci Burton

#gavin #change

Cultivate the understanding that the self is not really an independently existing entity, and begin to view self instead in terms of it's dependent relation to others. Although it is difficult to say that merely reflecting on this will produce a profound spiritual realization, it will at least have some effect. Your mind will be more open. Something will begin to change within you. Therefore, even in the immediate term there is definitely a positive and beneficial effect in reversing these two attitudes and moving from self-centeredness to other-centeredness, from belief in self existence to belief in dependent origination. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#other-centeredness #self #self-centeredness #spiritual-realization #attitude

When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#completed #copiously #force #mobilization #most