#rational

So these things happen, deep in our lives. We do not speak of them. We hide them even from ourselves, but they do not leave us. ↗

— David Malouf

#inspirational #life #memory #death

...success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue...as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#experience

Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly what he should do, yet cannot muster enough energy to do it. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#experience

What’s the point of playing if winning isn’t the goal? ↗

— J.D. Robb

#death

How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? ↗

— William Blake

#my-name-is-nina #experience

Dream on my Dear, and renounce temporal obligations. ↗

— Dead Can Dance

#music #philosophy #dreams

I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness and abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#been #end #forward #home #hope

As we sail about our lives, conflicts arise as emotions are eradicated by sadness and anger. Fireworks of terror, love, and loss fill the once clear sky. And yet, humans are clueless to see what awaits them as they continue to wallow into self-pity. Each day means gaining new insight and developing maturity. Each day means making plentiful mistakes and befuddlement. Each day means falling in love and betraying others. Each day means one day closer to death. We want to continue living, yet we want to die. We want to love, yet we want to hate. We can say that humans are contrary. ↗

— Wise Owl

#inspirational #life #anger

take what you can from your dreams Make them real as anything It takes the work out of the courage ↗

— Dave Matthews Band

#courage

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. ↗

— Viktor E. Frankl

#motivational #attitude