But the hoping, that's what really hurts.
Don't be limited by what has been. Be inspired knowing that what could be is far greater than your wildest dreams.
Your best teacher is the person offering you your greatest challenge.
If you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won't like you. It may not be easy, but it's essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs.
If it's not an absolute YES, it's a NO
Just because some people are fueled by drama doesn't mean you have to attend the performance.
People start to heal the moment they feel heard.
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
The scientist who recognizes God knows only the God of Newton. To him the God imagined by Laplace and Comte is wholly inadequate. He feels that God is in nature, that the orderly ways in which nature works are themselves the manifestations of God's will and purpose. Its laws are his orderly way of working.
Travelers describe a tree in the island of Java whose pestiferous exhalations blight every tiny blade of grass within the compass of its shade. So it is with despotism.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.