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Moments Of Private Reflection

Quotes that will make you reflect on yourself and the things around you.

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If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

Lao Tzu

I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps but other people emphasize my loneliness.

Anais Nin

When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Robin Williams

Second chances are made to make things better, to make love sweeter and to correct mistakes.

E.J. Cenita

You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.

Louise Erdrich

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Paulo Coelho

Would you destroy something perfect in order to make it beautiful?

Gerard Way

Take care of your loved ones, particularly when they are doing everything in their power to push you away. A broken heart, like a wounded beast, will often lash out at those it is nearest, but that does not mean they don’t need you.

Beau Taplin

My nights are for over-thinking; my days are for over-sleeping.

Hedonist Poet

Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

Don Miguel Ruiz

I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Kurt Cobain

Grab your coat, leave a note, and run away with me.

William Chapman

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

Helen Keller

You can’t live for someone else. At some point you just explode.

Matthew Quick

The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

Mother Teresa

A dream is like a river ever changing as it flows, and a dreamer’s just a vessel that must follow where it goes.

Garth Brooks

My entire life can be described in one sentence: It didn’t go as planned, and that’s okay.

Rachel Wolchin

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.

Madonna Ciccone

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

English Proverb

With such a hell in your heart and your head, how can you live? How can you love?

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There are far too many silent sufferers. Not because they don’t yearn to reach out, but because they’ve tried and found no one who cares.

Richelle E. Goodrich

You know you are doing well when you lose the interest of looking back.

Unknown

“Sensitive people should be treasured. They love deeply and think deeply about life. They are loyal, honest and true. The simple things often mean the most to them. They don’t need to change or harden. Their purity makes them who they are.”

— Unknown

The seed doesn’t have a flower within itself. It’s actually the home of a dormant life that can awaken and transform with the creative power of connection. Earth and sun are in a dance older than our time. See how they kiss each other in all the trees and flowers.

“One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go. Whether it’s guilt, love, anger, loss or betrayal, change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go.”

— Unknown

Sophocles' Electra (tr. Peter Meineck & Paul Woodruff)

Sophocles' Electra (tr. Peter Meineck & Paul Woodruff)

Rita Dove, From "Voiceover"

Rita Dove, from "Voiceover"

“Don’t sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea.”

— Rumi

“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.”

— Albert Einstein

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