Renée Paule > Quotes

“Walk straight ahead
Listen to no one
Trust not in the walls or doorways
For they will mislead
And close behind you
As you walk through
The forest, not knowing
Where you’ve come from
Or where you’re going …
If anywhere at all.”
― Renée Paule, Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos

“Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded - those wonderful things that we take for granted.”
― Renée Paule

“We must walk alone, but fight together - for One cause, instead of against each other.”
― Renée Paule, Stepping Out of Time

“We speak sweet intentions, but our hearts remain silent.”
― Renée Paule, Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos

“We’re the only obstacle we need to overcome.”
― Renée Paule, Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos

“Imagine living in a world where we no longer believe that war can lead to peace. War can't lead to peace anymore than ignorance can lead to knowledge. War leads to premature death, pain, suffering, hatred, fear and more separation.”
― Renée Paule, Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos

“... we’re lazy when it comes to doing things that are good for us; we also want someone to follow - someone to go first, for them to take the risks thereby smoothing our path; a sort of guarantee that we won’t stumble. Ironically, we also want to be followed in some way; we are both sheep and shepherd.”
― Renée Paule, Stepping Out of Time

“We're humanity and no matter how individual or superior we think we are, we're part of a greater whole. We can't find completeness somewhere else any more than an individual part of a one-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle can. We all belong together and we always will. When we hurt each other what we're really doing is hurting ourself and damaging the world in which we all must live.”
― Renée Paule, Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos

“There’s enough pain and suffering in this world, without us volunteering to unnecessarily endure more. Through dispassionate self-observation we can learn much from the experiences that brought us to where we are at this very moment, and we can share that learning with others, as I’m doing with you. How we approach suffering and how we choose to endure it from this moment on is entirely up to us.”
― Renée Paule, Stepping Out of Time

“... life isn’t a battle between us and the rest of the world, but rather a battle to overcome ourselves - our inimitable egos ...”
― Renée Paule, Stepping Out of Time