Quote from John Keating:
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And, the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, 'O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless -- of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these O me, O life? Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.' That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
Simimal Quotes:
Byron Katie
You might believe that it’s only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
Kahlil Gibran
And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
Rollo May
Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.
Alexander Smith
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
Mr. Darcy
In vain have I struggled, it will not do. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
Helen Keller
Knowledge is love and light and vision.
Mother Theresa
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Timothy Ferriss
The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is—here’s the clincher—boredom.
Emmanuel
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Christian D. Larson
True achievement in any sphere of action depends upon real ability, and a strong, deep, whole-souled love.
Mitch Albom
Learn to detach...Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent... But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate fully. That's how you are able to leave it... Take any emotion--love for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what I'm going through, fear and pain from a deadly illness. If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that love entails. But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely. You know what pain is. You know what love is. You know what grief is. And only then can you say, 'All right. I have experienced that emotion. I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment.
