Poisonous Passions

One of the saddest lines in the world is, ‘Oh come now - be realistic.’ The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. Richard Nelson Bolles

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Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. Scott Adams (via emotional-algebra)

Mind can be the enemy and mind can also be the friend. It is the mind that binds and it is the mind that liberates. When the mind is attached to objects, which are transitory and impermanent, this is the mind that binds. This is the mind that is an enemy. But a mind that does not abide anywhere, on any object, is a mind that is your friend. This is the mind that liberates. It all depends on you, on what kind of company you keep in your mind. Papaji

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Most people are mirrors, reflecting the mood and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. Sydney J. Harris

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I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real. Marc Jacobs

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I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real. Marc Jacobs

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Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a great deal to love a leaf. It’s ordinary to love the beautiful, but it’s beautiful to love the ordinary.

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People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain. Jim Morrison

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There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life. John Lennon

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People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we’re all going to die, so how do you want to live? Nicole Kidman

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How much of my brain is willfully my own? How much is not a rubber stamp of what I have read and heard and lived? Sylvia Plath

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True happiness - I call it the joy of being - is found in simple, seemingly unremarkable things. Most people, in their restless search for something significant to happen to them, continuously miss the insignificant, which may not be insignificant at all. Why is it the “least thing” makes up “the best happiness?” Because true happiness is not caused by the thing or event, although this is how it first appears. To be aware of little quiet things, you need to be quiet inside. Be still. Look. Listen. Be present. Eckhart Tolle

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