"The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control."
- bell hooks
"You'll have a good, secure life when being alive means more to you than security, love more than money, your freedom more than public or partisan opinion, when the mood of Beethoven's or Bach's music ..."
- Wilhelm Reich
"make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumst..."
- Jon Krakauer
"I'd like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have though..."
"Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter."
- Jaachynma N.E. Agu
"Don't set your goals by what other people deem important."
"Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand."
- Richelle E. Goodrich
"Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition."
- James Baldwin
"Realizing the seriously ruthless, venomous habits and agendas of evil always instills a more fierce passion and longing for a closer God. Men, out of pride, may claim their own authorities over what c..."
- Criss Jami
"This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there’s someone who is watching out for them. It’s what I missed so much when my mother died—what I call your ‘spiritual ..."
- Mitch Albom