“In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive.” IfsBookMightFacesMy OwnIssuesAliveMirrorsRaisesDebateWelcome Author:John Scott
“I was stuck in the feeling that one did not--was not justified in being alive unless one was fulfilling other people's dreams, whether they were contractual dreams or the public's dreams, or fulfilling my own dreams and illusions about what I thought I was supposed to be, which, in retrospect, turned out to not be what I am.” PeopleFeelingsDreamMy OwnAliveIllusionStuckSupposed To BeFulfillingJustifiedRetrospect Author:John Lennon
“God pity us indeed, for we are human, And do not always see, The vision when it comes, the shining change, Or, if we see it, do not follow it, Because it is too hard, too strange, too new, Too unbelievable, too difficult, Warring too much with common, easy ways, And now I know this, standing in this light, Who have been half alive these many years, Brooding on my own sorrow, my own pain, Saying "I am a barren bough. Expect, Nor fruit nor blossom from a barren bough."” IfsKnowsWayYearsHumansHas BeensHardLightPainEasyDifficultMy OwnCommonHalfVisionToo MuchAliveStrangeSorrowStandingShiningFruitPityUnbelievableBarrenEasy WayBrooding Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“Even though I always knew I had a good nose for fragrances, the process of creating my own, 'Alive,' turned out to be a great learning experience for me. And the name explains my reason behind it. Smelling good makes you feel alive.” FeelsReasonNamesProcessMy OwnBehindsAliveCreatingNosesFragranceLearning Experience Author:Arjun Rampal
“My own experience is that the Bible is dull when I am dull. When I am really alive, and set in upon the text with a tidal pressure of living affinities, it opens, it multiplies discoveries, and reveals depths even faster than I can note them. The worldly spirit shuts the Bible; the Spirit of God makes it a fire, flaming out all meanings and glorious truths.” I CanSpiritMy OwnFireAliveBibleDiscoveryPressureNotesDepthFasterGloriousDullWorldlyAffinitySpirit Of God Author:Horace Bushnell
“I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do. I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn't have planned.” WantWritingIdeasEndsCharacterMightMy OwnAlivePersonalityNo Idea Book:Akira Kurosawa: Interviews Source: Akira Kurosawa: Interviews
“The streets would have chewed me up and spit me out and I knew that, but I found my own ways and different knacks for getting in trouble and being reckless with my life. And I've overcome a lot of personal demons and to be alive is really my greatest achievement.” WayDifferentFoundMy OwnAliveTroubleStreetsAchievementOvercomingDemonRecklessSpitKnackGreatest AchievementPersonal Demons Author:Michael K. Williams
“All I desire for my own burial, is not to be buried alive; but how or where, I think, must be entirely indifferent to every rational creature.” ThinkingDeathDesireMy OwnAliveCreaturesRationalBuriedIndifferentBurial Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“What makes me feel alive is community, connectedness. Certainly family, parenting, relationships, friendship. All the way into colleague relationships and relationship with spirit, relationship with one's own self and inner child, and animals, earth, planet. Fostering and nurturing and really focusing on connection - connection in relationship with other and my own self and God. When I don't feel connected in all those three areas, life is not very good.” WayFeelsChildrenSelfEarthLife IsSpiritThreeCommunityMy OwnAnimalAlivePlanetsAreasConnectionsVery GoodConnectedColleaguesNurturingConnectednessInner ChildRelationships With OthersFostering Author:Alanis Morissette