Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe thing is that love gives us a ringside seat on somebody else's flaws, so of course you're gonna spot some things that kinda need to be mentioned. But often the romantic view is to say, 'If you loved me, you wouldn't criticise me.' Actually, true love is often about trying to teach someone how to be the best version of themselves.
Copy Quote View & ShareI spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.
Copy Quote View & ShareI believe in soulmates, yes, but I believe you also have to work at love. I happen to believe your soulmate doesn't have to be your partner - your soulmate could be your best friend, your sibling, it doesn't have to be the person you marry.
Copy Quote View & ShareEven after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.
Copy Quote View & ShareI love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.
Copy Quote View & ShareMindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.
Copy Quote View & ShareTo live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe minute you decide to do what you love to do, you have made a life plan for yourself and a career choice.
Copy Quote View & ShareOne's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Copy Quote View & ShareWe're all going to die, all of us; what a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities. We are eaten up by nothing.
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