Quotes May 20, 2023

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“People only see what they are prepared to see.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
 
 
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
John Muir
 
 
 
 
“The problems around us are only compounding. We will need to rediscover our trust in other people, to restore some of our lost faith—all that’s been shaken out of us in recent years. None of it gets done alone. Little of it will happen if we isolate inside our pockets of sameness, communing only with others who share our exact views, talking more than we listen.”
Michelle Obama
 
 
 
 
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are”
Carl Jung
 
 
 
 
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know”
Pema Chödrön
 
 
 
 

“I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”
Diane Ackerman
 
 
 
 
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”
John Green
 
 
 
 
‘We’re all just walking each other home.’
Ram Dass
 
 
 
 

“The antidote to loneliness isn’t just being around random people indiscriminately, the antidote to loneliness is emotional security.”
Benedict Wells
 
 
 
 
“You’re so hard on yourself. But remember, everybody has a chapter they don’t read out loud. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life; at the mistakes that gave you wisdom, at the suffering that gave you strength. Despite everything, you still move forward, be proud of this. Continue to endure. Continue to persevere. And remember, no matter how dark it gets, the sun will rise again.”
Unknown