#ruth

Why do you dwell on things that don’t matter when there are so many things that do? ↗

— Dennis Sharpe

#life-lessons #questioning #simple-truth #life

You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there’s always a bloody show. ↗

— Stephen King

#truth #wisdom #life

You have to be able to recognize your truths in the daylight before you can find them in the dark. ↗

— Kelli Jae Baeli

#daylight #individuation #maturity #philosophy-of-life #psychology

People just don't seem to get me. Don't understand that I need my space. Always telling me what to do. They think rules and routines and clean hands and your p's and q's will make everything all right. They haven't got a clue. ↗

— Rachel Ward

#life #people #routine #rules #space

What doesn't quicken dies. That's an indisputable truth of life. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#life #quicken #truth #life

Smartass Disciple: If there were two masters, which one should I listen to? Master of Stupidity: Use the ears to the one who looks so stupid, eyes to else. ↗

— Toba Beta

#life #master #truth #which-one #humor

The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in, contacting the life that is right here, is our first step. Once we have held ourselves with kindness, we can touch others in a vital and healing way. ↗

— Tara Brach

#intimacy #kindness #listening #truth #vulnerability

There is some fiction, in all fact; and some fact, in all fiction. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#truth-of-life #life

Our willingness to write truthfully brings the story to life. ↗

— Alan Watt

#writing #life

No, honestly, my mouth shouldn't be able to function unless my brain's engaged. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#function #life #mouth #thing-to-ponder #truth