Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.
It doesn't matter what did or did not happen then. It only matters what happens NOW.
Here is my wish for you and every other child, woman, and man on the face of the earth: Spend one week saying only kind, caring things to yourself. Say thank you at least ten times an hour, direct five toward yourself and five to the world at large. Compliment yourself (and others) each time an effort is made. Notice all the wonderful qualities and characteristics about yourself and those around you. One week. You will never go back. And your whole life will be a glorious meditation.
If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago.
Feeling bad is not a requirement; it’s something we agree to. Cut it loose!
You have been taught that there is something wrong with you and that you are imperfect, but there isn't and you're not.
When you're experiencing peace, it's coming from within you; you're 'doing' peace and this is true of anything else you might be looking for. Love, happiness, contentment, well-being come from within. Nothing external needs to change for you to have what you want. . . . . If you want to be happier - be happier. If you want to be more relaxed - relax. If you want more friends - be friendly. Sounds simple. It is.
I heard someone's playing hooky,' Zach told me. He smiled. Standing there, it felt almost like nothing bad had ever happened- or would ever happen again 'There's a boy in my life,' I told him. 'He's a very bad influence. ' Then Zach nodded. 'Bad boys have a way of doing that. But they're worth it.
Technology that pollutes can also cleanse, production that amasses can also distribute justly, on condition that the ethic of respect for life and human dignity, for the rights of today's generations and those to come, prevails.
The number of fixed stars which observers have been able to see without artificial powers of sight up to this day can be counted. It is therefore decidedly a great feat to add to their number, and to set distinctly before the eyes other stars in myriads, which have never been seen before, and which surpass the old, previously known stars in number more than ten times.
In Tharoor's hands [the story of modern India] is transformed into Mahabharata magic. . . . Endlessly inventive, irreverent, wise, ingenious,. . . it takes on at one level or another the entire panorama of modern India. . . . Energetic and eventful.