…they seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods…
— Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome (via musingscollection)
There are times when dancing on the tables grants more life than kneeling in prayer.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Love is always bestowed as a gift; freely willingly, and without expectation.
We don’t love to be loved; we love to love.
— Leo Buscaglia
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (via jacquelene)
As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.
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—Emmanuel Teney, Professor of Psychiatry
(via meanderingraindrops)
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.
— Eskimo Proverb (via kamw)
I know myself now; and I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
— William Shakespeare
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thread the light,
Shine the light,
Don’t hide the light,
Live the light,
And give the light,
Seek the light,
And speak the light,
Crave the light, and brave the light,
Stare the light,
And share the light,
Show the light,
And know the light,
Raise the light,
And praise the light,
Thread the light,
And spread the light.
— Glen Hansard
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’
— Mary Anne Radmacher
