“in a world
full of
temporary things

you are
a perpetual
feeling.”

― Sanober Khan

“But even in his dissatisfaction he could not quiet the feeling that time was like a flash flood, so full, so brimming with things that must be done at once, but running out all the same, leaving an emptiness, a dry ditch in its wake.” ― Bess Tefft

“You can change your life or not change it.
It really doesn’t matter in the end.
Life as humans live it is too fleeting,
too incidental, too miniscule
for the universe to keep forever.
So just do good to others; be good, all
because it makes you happy,
happy beyond fame, power, and
eternity.”

― Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.” ― Steve Goodier

“But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together.” ― Bram Stoker

Peace begins with a smile.--Mother Teresa

“The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.” ― Leo Babauta

“There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.” ― Dennis Lehane

“I do not particularly like the word 'work.' Human beings are the only animals who have to work, and I think that is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Other animals make their livings by living, but people work like crazy, thinking that they have to in order to stay alive. The bigger the job, the greater the challenge, the more wonderful they think it is. It would be good to give up that way of thinking and live an easy, comfortable life with plenty of free time. I think that the way animals live in the tropics, stepping outside in the morning and evening to see if there is something to eat, and taking a long nap in the afternoon, must be a wonderful life. For human beings, a life of such simplicity would be possible if one worked to produce directly his daily necessities. In such a life, work is not work as people generally think of it, but simply doing what needs to be done.” ― Masanobu Fukuoka

“Watch carefully, the magic that occurs, when you give a person,
just enough comfort, to be themselves.”
-atticus

“Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.” ~ Cheri Huber

“The music of hope is everywhere, but to hear it, you need to ignore the muddy jangle of life's hassles.” - Christine Knight

Truly
 

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.--Wallace Stevens

DC

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.--Phillips Brooks

“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ― Samuel Beckett

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” ― Seneca

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” ― Martin Luther

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Gandhi

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin

“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” ― Robert Frost

"This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it." Dorothy Parker

Poetry set to music... <3

As an aside...my mother walked down the aisle to this song when she married my dad.... <3 <3

“Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.” ― Steve Maraboli

“My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing beauty of life once more. It's happened before, it will happen again, I'm sure. When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive--I'll find love again.” ― Paulo Coelho

“Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you're looking for.” ― Susane Colasanti

"Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you."

Augustine Of Hippo

This. Finally caught on.
 

"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

"Assumptions are the termites of relationships." - Henry Winkler

"You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when it's right it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and it's good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete." - Francesca Annis

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.