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“A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“It is always so simple, and so complicating, to accept an apology.”
― Michael Chabon

“Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.”
― Emil Cioran

“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore”
― John Lennon

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
― John Lennon

“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”
― John Lennon

“The more I see, the less I know for sure.”
― John Lennon

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
― John Lennon

“There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...”
― John Lennon

“One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.”
― John Lennon

“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.”
― John Lennon

“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”
― John Lennon

“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.”
― John Lennon

“Love is a flower you got to let it grow.”
― John Lennon, Mind Games

“I get by with a little help from my friends.”
― John Lennon

“The more real you get the more unreal the world gets. ”
― John Lennon

“You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.”
― Henry Nouwen

“There is a twilight zone in our hearts that we ourselves cannot see. Even when we know quite a lot about ourselves-our gifts and weaknesses, our ambitions and aspirations, our motives and our drives-large parts of ourselves remain in the shadow of consciousness. This is a very good thing. We will always remain partially hidden to ourselves. Other people, especially those who love us, can often see our twilight zones better than we ourselves can. The way we are seen and understood by others is different from the way we see and understand ourselves. We will never fully know the significance of our presence in the lives of our friends. That's a grace, a grace that calls us not only to humility, but to a deep trust in those who love us. It is the twilight zones of our hearts where true friendships are born.”
― Henri Nouwen

“Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“We all create stories to protect ourselves.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein

“Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
― Brian Tracy

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
― Socrates

“Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.”
― George Orwell, In Front of Your Nose: 1945-1950

“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
― Theodore Roosevelt