“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand” ― Hayley Williams

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

“If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.” ― Junot Díaz

Love this!
 

We must be our own before we can be another's.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

True self
 

Deception of self, a conceited notion
The chaotic glamor we hide behind, foolish makeup
The blame of cause and effect placed to all, but oneself
The bridge of knowledge, walk across
Reaching the destination of a natural face, torn and cut
Scared and disfigured, alas the real humbleness within
Golden smile, radiating truth, not ones own
Beauty of reality, forethought of realization
Bridge, walk it
Breath, release, feel
Imperfect, but beautiful
Acknowledge
The gift of...

True self

“Life is so full of unpredictable beauty and strange surprises. Sometimes that beauty is too much for me to handle. Do you know that feeling? When something is just too beautiful? When someone says something or writes something or plays something that moves you to the point of tears, maybe even changes you.” ― Mark Oliver Everett

“To the issues of friendship, love, business and war, "surprise" is the optimistic solution.” ― Amit Kalantri

"The Butterfly in honored Dust
Assuredly will lie
But none will pass the Catacomb
So chastened as the Fly - "

- Emily Dickinson

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” ― Marie Curie

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“What i’m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead of insisting on going that specific way, of making our selfishness the guide, we ought to forsake. The books we cannot write, the films we cannot shoot, the projects we cannot develop, the jobs we cannot pursue and the people who no longer love us. Being able to let go, at times, is the most beautiful of all!” ― Elif Shafak

“Mistake is an event not a person” ― Aniekee Tochukwu

“Letting go is never a sign of failure, letting go is knowing what battle to fight and what battle to "let it be".. Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care anymore, it is just directing your false hope to something more worthy of your emotions, energy and time.. Letting go is simply taking charge and control over yourself rather than fighting windmills like a modern day Don Quixote...”


― Zena Abou Alnaser

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.” ― Khaled Hosseini

“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” ― Albert Einstein

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” ― Virginia Woolf

“Be careful who you tell your secrets to because when situations change... sometimes, so do people.” ― Gwen Ro