Quote for Today: Flora Rheta Schreiber
“Life has so much pain that one needs a catharsis. I don’t mean escape. You don’t escape in books. On the contrary, they help you to realize yourself more fully. …
Quote for Today: Robert Lynd
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence. One has to sit still like a mystic and wait. One soon learns that fussing, …
Quote for Today: David Whyte
To want to run away is an essence of being human, it transforms any staying through the transfigurations of choice. To think about fleeing from circumstances, from a marriage, a …
Quote for Today: Daisaku Ikeda
Health is not simply the absence of illness. Real health is the will to overcome every form of adversity and use even the worst of circumstances as a springboard for …
Quote for Today: Lavinia Spalding
There’s something profoundly intense and intoxicating about friendship found en route. It’s the bond that arises from being thrust into uncomfortable circumstances, and the vulnerability of trusting others to navigate …
Quote for Today: Tony Kushner
But still. Still bless me anyway. I want more life. I can’t help myself. I do. I’ve lived through such terrible times and there are people who live through much …
Quote for Today: Don DeLillo
It’s a curious rite of passage, isn’t it? Visit the old places. First you wonder how you lived so uncomplainingly in such cramped circumstances. The streets are narrower, the buildings …