When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
Usually, the main problem with life conundrums is that we don't bring to them enough imagination
A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
A soul mate is someone to whom we feel profoundly connected, as though the communication and communing that take place between us were not the product of intentional efforts, but rather a divine grace. This kind of relationship is so important to the soul that many have said there is nothing more precious in life.
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
That "I don't give a darn" attitude is probably why I've shot so many good final rounds over the years when I started the day a few shots behind with nothing to lose. . . and maybe that's why I've shot so many bad last rounds when I was ahead and knew I couldn't afford a mistake.
Prior to the advent of the civilization of the Third Estate (mercantilism, capitalism), the social ethics that was religiously sanctioned in the West consisted in realizing one’s being and in achieving one’s own perfection within the fixed parameters that one’s individual nature and the group to which one belonged clearly defined. Economic activity, work, and profit were justified only in the measure in which they were necessary for sustenance and to ensure the dignity of an existence conformed to one’s own estate, without the lower instinct of self-interest or profit coming first.
Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.
Some people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though.