Thoughts
Quotes - Wherever I go, I meet myself
“Your
hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are
nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since
"the rest of your life" won’t last forever.”
―
Omar Khayyám, Quatrains - Ballades
“The
Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all
the joy. We create words to define our experience and those words bring
attendant emotions that jerk us around like dogs on a leash. We get seduced by
our own mantras (I'm a failure... I'm lonely... I'm a failure... I'm lonely...)
and we become monuments to them. To stop talking for a while, then, is to
attempt to strip away the power of words, to stop choking ourselves with words,
to liberate ourselves from our suffocating mantras.”
―
Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
“Paper
is more patient than man.”
―
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“What
business had I to think of one that never thought of me?”
―
Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
“in
the afterglow
of
an evening rain
i
lay down
in
the grass
and
think of you
my
body aches
like
an after-kiss
breaking
in soft fires
and
wildflowers
my
dear,
i
will always be
this
tender for you.”
―
Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos
“In
a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels”
―
Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
“There
is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river,
shimmering from every sky.”
―
Dejan Stojanovic
“It
is the custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in
their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their
proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day. If you could
keep awake (but of course you can’t) you would see your own mother doing this,
and you would find it very interesting to watch her. It is quite like tidying
up drawers. You would see her on her knees, I expect, lingering humorously over
some of your contents, wondering where on earth you had picked this thing up,
making discoveries sweet and not so sweet, pressing this to her cheek as if it
were as nice as a kitten, and hurriedly stowing that out of sight. When you
wake in the morning, the naughtinesses and evil passions with which you went to
bed have been folded up small and placed at the bottom of your mind; and on the
top, beautifully aired, are spread out prettier thoughts, ready for you to put
on.”
―
J.M. Barrie
“I
visited many places,
Some
of them quite
Exotic
and far away,
But
I always returned to myself.”
―
Dejan Stojanovic
“I
often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are
seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.”
―
Agatha Christie, Murder at the Vicarage
“Wherever
I go, I meet myself.”
―
Dejan Stojanovic, The Shape
“I
think about my sister, Becca, a lot. We
didn’t always agree about things, but she was always there for me when I needed
her. I thought she would outlive me,
that she would always be here.”
― Dawn
Chalker, Lost and Found
“Love
is for children, said the girl.
Death
is for fools, said the shadow.
Darkness
is my destiny, said the boy.
Allegiance
is my undoing, said the eagle.
Suffering
is our fate, said the beauty.
And
they were all horribly wrong.”
―
Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame
“The
ancestor of every action is a thought.”
―
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The
primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but you thoughts about it.
Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.”
―
Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“Rather
than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.”
―
Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“how
is it that
he's
always
in
my thoughts.
even
when
i
am not
thinking.”
―
Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos
“Like
a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all
thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on
my tongue.”
―
Kamand Kojouri
“Love
has the power to create an inviting space in the lives of people. But if daily
routine kills dreamy or passionate thoughts, the constraint of the room may
become oppressive and the emptiness unbearable. The room loses then its
original fullness and turns into a place of nothingness. ( " Another empty
room" )”
―
Erik Pevernagie
