still more quotes i love

so much has been given to me; i have no time to ponder over that which has been denied. --helen keller

courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. --winston churchill

extinguish my sight, i'll go on seeing you.
plug up my ears, i'll go on hearing you,
and without feet, i can make my way toward you.
without a mouth, i can still swear your name.
break off my arms and i will hold you with my heart
as if with a hand.
stop my heart, and my brain will start to beat.
and should you consume my brain with fire,
i'll still can carry you in every drop of my blood.
--rainer maria rilke

the secret of zen is just two words: not always so. --shunryu suzuki roshi

there are different wells within your heart. some fill with each good rain. others are far too deep for that. in one well, you have just a few precious cups of water. that "love" is literally something of yourself. it can grow as slow as a diamond if it is lost. your love should never be offered to the mouth of a stranger, only to someone who has the valor and daring to cut pieces of their soul off with a knife, then weave them into a blanket to protect you. --hafiz

don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, and don’t put up with people that are reckless with yours. — k.vonnegut

every time a man upon the path does not keep his word, some angels grumble and have to remove a few of the bets they had placed upon his heart to win. --hafiz

if you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire. --st. catherine of siena

though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light. i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. --sarah williams

in our relationships, we need to uphold that aspect of the person which is the real person and the soul beyond their own self-doubt. --pir vilayat inayat khan

courage doesn't always roar. sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says i'll try again tomorrow. --mary anne radmacher


those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark visions you hold about yourself. they remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused. --african proverb

when i dare to be powerful--to use my strength in the service of my vision--then it becomes less & less important whether i am afraid. --audre lorde

fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. --g. k. chesterton

the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. --joseph campbell

when i am with you, we stay up all night. when you are not here, i can't go to sleep. praise god for these two insomnias and the difference between them. --rumi

i have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable...but through it all, i still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. --agatha christie

i am a lover of what is, not because i'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when i argue with reality. --byron katie

from my depths i call to you...give me the courage to call to you for what i need. --vanessa ochs

sorrow sweeps the house fiercely, emptying it of everything: then coming from the source of goodness, a new joy enters. --rumi

without courage, we are not likely to produce any other virtues. --chris hodges

desire change. be enthusiastic for that flame in which a thing escapes your grasp while it makes a glorious display of transformation. that designing spirt, the master of all things on earth, loves nothing so much in the sweeping movement of the dance as the turning point. --rilke