“Inspiration ignites the spark of magic. Creativity is magic.”
“Because my mother taught me that, in spite of everything, I must choose goodness.”
Source: Legendborn
“The Force is not so simple, and neither are the emotions of living creatures. Most Jedi have felt the temptation of the dark side. It is only natural. But we resist it. It is a deliberate path to the dark, not a series of bad days. Being a Jedi is about choosing the light over and over again.”
Source: A Test of Courage
“One cannot be a good person without gratitude, and one cannot be a happy person without gratitude. This provides a vital link between goodness and happiness.”
Source: Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual
“He was a man who felt too much, and his heart was so large that things got lost in it”
Source: Whichwood
“To be loved by a pure young girl, to be the first to reveal to her the strange mystery of love, is indeed a great happiness, but it is the simplest thing in the world. To take captive a heart which has had no experience of attack, is to enter an unfortified and ungarrisoned city. Education, family feeling, the sense of duty, the family, are strong sentinels, but there are no sentinels so vigilant as not to be deceived by a girl of sixteen to whom nature, by the voice of the man she loves, gives the first counsels of love, all the more ardent because they seem so pure.
The more a girl believes in goodness, the more easily will she give way, if not to her lover, at least to love, for being without mistrust she is without force, and to win her love is a triumph that can be gained by any young man of five-and-twenty. See how young girls are watched and guarded! The walls of convents are not high enough, mothers have no locks strong enough, religion has no duties constant enough, to shut these charming birds in their cages, cages not even strewn with flowers. Then how surely must they desire the world which is hidden from them, how surely must they find it tempting, how surely must they listen to the first voice which comes to tell its secrets through their bars, and bless the hand which is the first to raise a corner of the mysterious veil!”
Source: La dame aux camélias
“Just do what you want to make you happy, even if they have something to say and judge, still choose to be a good person.”
“Foster kinship over skinship.”
Source: Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered
“You were never meant to stand tall by yourself forever. The tower you built kept you safe when you needed it. But now you're allowed to step outside. Not because you're weak. But because you're ready to be met. And that's a strength worth keeping.”
Source: The Princess Saves Herself: 15 Reflections for Women to Silence Self-Doubt, Choose Themselves, & Finally Breathe
“When too much cynicism threatens to engulf us, it is buoying to remember how pervasive goodness is.”
Source: Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium