“Each year, month, and day is governed by a new, a special, providence of God”
Source: Institutes of the Christian Religion Book III
“A sunset is God's way of saying "You did well.”
Source: Good Times Are Contagious: Spreading Joy So You Can Have Some
“Write it, said Beth. When we narrate our experience, we take control of it. And in controlling the story of our past, we can create a better future.”
Source: Confessions on the 7:45
“Why don't you write that sentence down and read it? Then perhaps you would realize how insane you are. -Linus Wynter”
Source: Airman
“[K]nowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker. Take [...] good note of it. Nothing is too small. [...] [P]ut down in record [...] your doubts and surmises. Hereafter it may be of interest to you to see how true you guess. We learn from failure, not from success!"
- Dr. Abraham Van Helsing.”
Source: Dracula
“Wisdom plus knowledge equals understanding.”
Source: Made in the Image of God: Understanding the Nature of God and Mankind in a Changing World
“The purpose of a life well lived is not a happy ending. The end is for all of us the same, death. A life well lived is just that, well lived.”
Source: Godless-- Living a Valuable Life Beyond Beliefs
“You've captivated my soul and breathe life into me when I've spent what feels like a hundred years and more feeling empty.”
Source: Hemlock
“So much of what the self-love movement gets wrong is the result of viewing the self as some
kind of monolithic and singular entity. That’s how we’ve been taught to experience ourselves.
But when we put ourselves under the microscope, when we take a good look inside, that view
starts to unravel. We begin to experience our inner lives as fluid, dynamic, multifaceted, vast,
and surprising.”
Source: Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs
“We are not one-dimensional, and our multiple dimensions are not static. Just as our bodies are
made of many parts that form a dynamic, interwoven system that works together, so it is with
our psyches. We are more awake, alive, and complex than we know.”
Source: Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs