“and I kept writing of love
during the war
I wrote you poems
so the world seemed less obscene
so I’d suspend time
and cease the disappearing
during the war
I wrote you poems
so you felt held
in your unravelling
so the blasts wouldn’t reach
who we were becoming
during the war
I wrote you poems
so they wouldn’t win
so the fragrance of my people
lingered in the streets
like a thousand burst tangerines”
“Words matter. The right ones can open a door or a heart. The wrong ones can seal your fate.”
Source: Under the Same Stars
“Thoughts are unspoken words, and words are actions waiting to be carried out. Your actions accumulate to define your life. Ultimately, when traced to its source, your life unfolds as a testament to the workings of your mind ALONE.”
“The power of words can either build bridges or burn them down, so choose them wisely.”
Source: Hattie Big Sky
“Depending on what you feed it, your mind
can work for or against you. You will
continue to search in all the wrong places,
somewhere outside of you, until you realize
that everything you see outside has to do with
what is already housed inside you.”
Source: Light Beings: Heaven’s Guide to Self-Realization, of the Spirit, in the Physical World
“Let history handle empires. Learn a thousand words and handle the conversation.”
Source: In English as in Russian: 1000 words with explanations - ПО-АНГЛИЙСКИ КАК ПО-РУССКИ: 1000 слов с пояснениями
“If readers and writers are conscious of language, they will cease to be susceptible to corrupt political argument. Totalitarianism will lose its strength in the face of crisp, clear prose. It is a heavy burden to place on the shoulders of the English language. That Orwell was willing to assign language such power underscored his belief in the centrality of speech to politics, and the importance not only of securing free speech, but of ensuring that words that are spoken freely are also spoken honestly.”
Source: Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-first Century, Library Edition
“The way you talk to yourself is unbelievably important. It can make your life easier or harder, and that is a fact.”
Source: If I Knew Then: Finding Wisdom in Failure and Power in Aging
“The words we rearrange in our mind, rearrange our life.”
Source: Awakening: Spiritual Poems for Humanity
“His legacy is a powerful reminder that sports can be a platform for building men, not just athletes. (BLOG - Deion Sanders: A Coach, A Father, A Blueprint for Success)”