There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul.
Edith Wharton
Related I don't know the meaning of life. I don't know why we are here. I think life is full of anxieties an... CHARLES M. SCHULZ Overhead hung a summer sky furrowed with the rush of rockets; and from the east a late moon, pushing... EDITH WHARTON Home is watching the moon rise over the open, sleeping land and having someone you can call to the w... STEPHEN KING There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls! TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Here’s to all the places we went. And all the places we’ll go. And here’s me, whispering again... JOHN GREEN I'm not interested in dating a girl I'm not gonna marry JOHN GREEN The future will erase everything--there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend ob... JOHN GREEN The meaning of life: For centuries "man" searched for the meaning of life. On that journey, the valu... DORIS J TORRES We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. So, everyone see the world in different... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. Therefore, everyone sees the world in d... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON There is not one big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an ... ANAïS NIN There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an ... ANAIS NIN The kindness that we receive from others in life, is also the kindness that we will want to give. Th... C. JOYBELL C. Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH En inglés, Borogove’” I said. “But what if I don’t finish this painting in time?” TERRY BISSON Hey you the "Supreme Power Within Myself" uplift my soul that I make no more mistakes and patiently ... NEHA KOTHARI If death is all about parting with body then immortality is about being dead when alive. AKSHMALA SHARMA Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. The meaning of life is life. ALAN ALDA The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes. CHARLOTTE CURTIS The power of heart is much stronger than the power of mind to empower our life. ANUJ SOMANY The secret of life is not in the Die And Live, The secret of life is Don't ever lose your sense... SUSHIL SINGH When everything is said and done, all we have left is the content of our character and the quality o... JAMES P KREHBIEL What's the meaning of life? Other people. JOHN GREEN Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Those who have sacrificed always have the most to lose. DANIELLE PAIGE The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes. CHARLOTTE CURTIS The process of personality development starts the moment when a person sacrifices everything in his ... MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH JAVED When a man’s trust is violated, he will leave even his friend. Hey, you shouldn’t leave him! The... DADA BHAGWAN love, I've come to understand is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. NICHOLAS SPARKS However, in the future, IKEA will keep an expansion speed of opening one or two stores each year. IAN DUFFY Through pain we grow, through growth we find understanding, through understanding we find acceptance... DAMION JAMES LINDER I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE Maya Angelou had the ability to glean inspiration out of pain. THE PROPHET OF LIFE If we cannot always be entirely sane in our relationships, the kindest thing we can do for those who... THE SCHOOL OF LIFE These are moments of love and ecstasy. Deeply moving moments when we will fly! Fly together in the a... AVIJEET DAS Who am I?’- Not knowing this is the greatest death to the Soul (one’s own self)! DADA BHAGWAN Why is there so much problem just to know one’s own Soul? The Soul resides in one’s own abode (b... DADA BHAGWAN Where the Self [Soul] is forgotten; that place is not ours. DADA BHAGWAN You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Human nature has nevertheless been changed by the ever new appearance of these teachers of the purpo... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE When a man gives you a rose what you see may not be what he intends. You may think he sees you as de... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA When unity of the mind, speech and body occurs, God has called that the ‘foremost’ religion. If ... DADA BHAGWAN She had been his patient for over 20 years. An elderly woman with severe arthritis, she had been the... STEPHEN KLIEWER Now that I am alone, I don't have to hide it; I don't have to hide anything any longer. I can let my... ROALD DAHL And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to. JOHN GREEN but there was no denying her smile. That smile could end wars and cure cancer. JOHN GREEN El pasado es una historia lógica. Es el sentido de lo que sucedió. Pero como el futuro todavía no... JOHN GREEN Kau bisa melihat masa depan kalau kau punya pemahaman dasar tentang bagaimana orang akan bersikap JOHN GREEN Masa depan terbentang di hadapannya, tak terhindarkan namun tak kasat mata JOHN GREEN And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absenc... JOHN GREEN Dumpers may not always be the heartbreakers, and the Dumpees may not always be the heartbroken. But ... JOHN GREEN Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could sta... JOHN GREEN Life is short, and that's why, I don't test people; because we all fail tests sometimes, but that is... C. JOYBELL C. Knowledge that brings closure [settlement] to the mind in every way is Absolute Knowledge and it ind... DADA BHAGWAN I crossed the room to him. "I love you," I said in a rush, afraid I would change my mind. "Char... EDITH PATTOU The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. TOKUGAWA IEYASU Maniacal obsession can be a destructive or a transformative psychic force. What is unacceptable is a... KILROY J. OLDSTER The savagery and power of Edith Wharton's ghost stories surprised me. MICHAEL DIRDA Everyone of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false self..We are not very good at recognizing ... THOMAS MERTON Keep learning! Learning means growing. He who always learns knows how to grow in maturity. When we s... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Road to destination is often very straight with journey smooth, but majority has tendency to meander... ANUJ SOMANY The tree of life is made of purity, eternity and has the bark of wisdom and enlightenment.With its b... GARY F EVANS... Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. POPE JOHN PAUL II Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry a... POPE JOHN PAUL II Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate... POPE JOHN PAUL II I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly moth... POPE JOHN PAUL II The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a pro... POPE JOHN PAUL II From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. POPE JOHN PAUL II An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. POPE JOHN PAUL II Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. POPE JOHN PAUL II The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressi... POPE JOHN PAUL II The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not d... POPE JOHN PAUL II To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the... POPE JOHN PAUL II Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural ... POPE JOHN PAUL II When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law e... POPE JOHN PAUL II You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day t... POPE JOHN PAUL II The future starts today, not tomorrow. POPE JOHN PAUL II The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. POPE JOHN PAUL II Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and b... POPE JOHN PAUL II The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to re... POPE JOHN PAUL II Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. POPE JOHN PAUL II Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, ther... POPE JOHN PAUL II There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you... POPE JOHN PAUL II I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. POPE JOHN PAUL II The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in... HENRY MILLER If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering. VIKTOR E. FRANKL Do you know a cure for me?" "Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water... KAREN BLIXEN Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the ... JOSEPH CAMPBELL How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on. ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY
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