Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.
— Siddhārtha Gautama (via thatkindofwoman)
As you walk look around, assess where you are, reflect on where you have been, and dream of where you are going. Every moment of the present contains the seeds of opportunity for change. Your life is an adventure. Live it fully.
— John Francis, PhD. (via cosmic-rebirth)
You’re all Buddhas, pretending not to be. You’re all the Christ, pretending not to be. You’re all Atman, pretending not to be. You’re all love, pretending not to be. You’re all one, pretending not to be. You’re all Gurus, pretending not to be. You’re all God, pretending not to be. When you’re ready to stop pretending, then you’re ready to just be the real you. That’s your home.
— Marcus Thomas (via liquidfruit)
The time we have alone, the time we have in walking, the time we have in riding a bicycle — [these] are the most important times for a writer. Escaping from a typewriter is part of the creative process. You have to give your subconscious time to think. Real thinking always occurs on the subconscious level. I never consciously set out to write a certain story. The idea must originate somewhere deep within me and push itself out in its own time. Usually, it begins with associations.
— Ray Bradbury on storytelling and the creative process (via explore-blog)
Had to cut out a dread today cuz it was pulling on my head and really painful :( now I have a huge bald patch and look ridiculous hahaha
Today, I am focusing on not living my life entirely inside my head. Today, I am focusing on radiating outward and absorbing from others inward in equilibrium, balancing the ebb and flow of energy within and around me. For I am not separate, but a humble and integral part of the Whole. Life does not simply end where my human consciousness does, but continues forever in the constantly changing matrix of light that permeates throughout each of us equally. We are all just as important to this greater organism of as the organism is to each of us in turn. Let us connect through Love.
I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn’t impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration.
— Lisa Unger, Beautiful Lies (via kristenlovesyou)
Each time we say “I can’t”, we dim our inner light.
— Iyanla Vanzant (via mindofataurus)
Decide you want it more than you are afraid of it.
— Bill Cosby (via budddha)
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
— Thich Nhat Hanh (via yogachocolatelove)
When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the I Am that is deeper than name and form.
— Eckhart Tolle (via sun-hawk)
Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.
— Hunter S. Thompson (via tattoolit)
