Jennifer Kwok

“Seven times I have despised my soul:
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbode for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

“If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.”
― Ramakrishna

“You come to nature with all your theories, and she knocks them all flat.”
― Renoir

“I wish they would take me as I am.”
― Vincent van Gogh