“My emotions are invisible, untouchable—invincible even—and their power far outweighs my own. And so it seems unfair that for all the little I can do to them, they can do so much to me.” LifeEmotionPowerEmotionsSentimentsPower Of EmotionsUncontrollable Feelings Book:If I Resist Source: If I Resist
“People are always quick to call evil what they do not know. The unknown sprouts fear. It spreads like an infection, burrowing into every facet of their lives. They need a scapegoat, someone to blame. Fingers are pointed, accusations are made, and a target lands on somebody’s back. They grow angry. They turn violent. To history, human nature must be a stubborn and tiring student. No matter how many times history tries to show it the error of its ways, it never learns from its mistakes.” LifePhilosophyLife LessonsEvilFearHuman NatureJudgmentBlameConformityUnknownScapegoatLearn From The PastHistory Repeating Itself Book:If I Resist Source: If I Resist
“The worst prisons were not constructed of warped steel and stone. They were carved out of expectations and lies, judgment and corruption.” LifeJudgmentExpectationsLiesPrisonCorruptionPhilosophy Of LifeImprisonmentImprisoned MindTrapped Inside Book:If I Resist Source: If I Resist
“Life is not a matter of choices! Life is handed to you, a couple of cards that have cycled through the grimy hands of hundreds of players before you. There are no aces hidden up your sleeve. There is no shortcut to success and happiness. Sleight of hand will only earn you a bloody nose and a thrashing in the alley outback. So instead, you play the few good cards you have and do what you can with the bad, and you play fair. There is no choice.” LifeLife LessonsChoicesChanceDestinyFateLife PhilosophyLife ChoicesAdam LaurenceIf I Resist Book:If I Resist Source: If I Resist
“This world owes us nothing. Existence is not indebted to us. Humanity lives under this misconception that we deserve life’s blessings, that we deserve happiness. But in truth, life owes us nothing” WorldLifeTruthHappinessHumanityUniverseExistenceMankindHumanPhilosophy Of LifeDeservingSeeking TruthIndebtednessDebtsLife S Blessings Book:If I Resist Source: If I Resist
“In that moment, the moon and the sun shared the sky. For all of eternity, the moon and sun have chased each other around the world. Long into the future, they will continue this chase, merging the days into months into years into centuries, until the day the sun cannot take the separation any longer and she shatters, engulfing the moon and everything else in a burst of light. Most will call it the day of final judgment. The end. To the sun and the moon, it will only be the beginning. For the smallest of instants each day, they pause in this chase. They pause and look back at one another, smiling as if sharing a secret. Two lovers that can never exist as one, except in that single, brief instant. Lying there, Persephone smiled too. And as quickly as a smile parts two lips, the two sky wanderers parted ways. The chase was on again. Night gave way to day. That is true love, she had always thought. No force but love can impel one to step willingly into the shadows so that the other may shine.” LoveLifePhilosophyNatureCompassionSacrificeLoversTrue LoveMythologyLove StoryInspirational LoveSacrifice For OthersGive UpPersephoneNature Of LoveSun And Moon Book:If I Resist Source: If I Resist
“Butterflies are nature’s tragic heroes. They live most of their lives being completely ordinary. And then, one day, the unexpected happens. They burst from their cocoons in a blaze of colors and become utterly extraordinary. It is the shortest phase of their lives, but it holds the greatest importance. It shows us how empowering change can be.” LifePhilosophyChangeDevelopmentSelf ImprovementEmpowermentMoving ForwardButterfliesTragic Hero Book:If I Resist Source: If I Resist
“Without their uniforms, they were probably nobodies, rejects. Give a man a uniform. Give him a few sparkly badges, a purpose, a gun ... and suddenly, he was no longer just another kid trying to make it through life without being ridiculed. Suddenly, he was a part of something. Something important. Something powerful. Something greater than he could ever be on his own. It was amazing how empowering the group could be.” LifeWarLife LessonsEmpowermentConformitySoldiersGroupthinkGroup ThinkGroup DynamicsGroup MentalityConformity And AttitudeIn Group Politics Book:If I Resist Source: If I Resist
“And it seemed as though for a moment, the world encapsulated them in a giant sigh. As if the world was exhausted by humanity—by the bellows of war and bullets, of hateful cries and grieving tears. Of all the pain, the endless pain humanity had brought into its peaceful existence. A great heaving sigh to wash it all away. But like the sea, when washed away, war only crashed harder, a surging line of arched backs and brackish tears.” WorldLifeWarPainSufferingHumanityCrueltyHuman ConditionMankind Nature Author:Kelseyleigh Reber
“This was where war happened, in someone’s backyard. Sometimes it was yours. Often, it was someone’s a world away. But it did happen. In this moment. In the next breath. Every day. Every day, someone lived in the midst of destruction and chaos. Every day, someone’s flower boxes filled with gunpowder’s haze, a child’s laughter turned to tears. There had been a day when someone watered those flowers in the evening’s peaceful quiet and the children caught fireflies in mason jars. And that day will come again, when the crickets and the bullets no longer have to compete for the night’s stage. But for now, all anyone could do was fight on the crickets’ behalf.” LifeWarFightingChaosPhilosophy Of LifeBattlesWarsEvery DayFight For FreedomFight For LifeHome InvasionClose To Home Author:Kelseyleigh Reber