“Іοϋλίανποθω — and before I knew what I desired, the desire itself was gone, the whole glimpse withdrawn, the world commonplace again, or only stirred by a longing for the longing that had just ceased. It had taken only a moment of time; and in a certain sense everything else that had ever happened to me was insignificant in comparison.”
“All of us have our own life’s path, and while moving along it, we will meet with various kinds of problems and suffering. No matter how many difficulties may arise, we should look back at what we have accomplished and keep in mind the path we wish to travel along. This will help us to remain stable. However much we may have to endure, we should develop tolerance so that we can progress along our way. Until we have come to the end of our path and accomplished all our goals, we should heed neither suffering nor joy; otherwise, the goal we seek will never come within our reach. – 17th Karmapa”
Source: Music in the Sky: The Life, Art, and Teachings of the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
“It's easier to live disappointed than it is to feel disappointed. It feels more vulnerable to dip in and out of disappointment than to just set up a camp there. You sacrifice joy, but you suffer less pain.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“He who called her so called her by her true name, for she is the full moon of full moons, afore God!”
Source: The Perfumed Garden
“She had not lived by the sea all those years, listened to the wharfman's songs all that time, to spend her life in the soundless cave of Elihue's mind.”
Source: The Bluest Eye
“Be brave; Be you!”
Source: AWAKENED BY HATE A story of police brutality inspired by true events: Who can you trust when police brutality happens? Did it just happen to us? Can forty seconds change your life forever?
“Jesus alone is joy.”
“The distant mountains, the intermittent honking of irritable trucks and cars, and the short-lived of the smooth roads were something she wanted to live through. She felt so much at home, even though she hadn't reached it yet. Or was the city itself her home? It did indeed bring back memories of times long past. And that hurt like a thousand piercing knives.”
Source: Five of Hearts
“Turn our mourning to joy, and our sorrow to rejoicing.”
Source: RISE UP: Believing God When the World is Falling Apart
“Jehovah alone is our joy.”