Quotes About Growth

You're not mutation, you are evolution.

Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. pg. 2

A man [Joyce] whose earliest stories appeared next to the manure prices in the Irish Homestead knew that columns of prose, like columns of shit, could both recultivate the earth.

I wasn't vegetarian yet -- I was young and my conscience still under construction. (Kelly Johnson)

We never fully understand what we have been told until we experience it. Learning not embedded in experience is forever crippled. Unfortunately, our present society is schooled, not educated.

Do not get angry, stubborn, and imperious. Get curious.

If a plethora of learning with a paucity of teaching is an approach to heaven and a plethora of teaching with a paucity of learning an approach to hell, the devil is hard at work in our educational systems.

The wise make great use of adversity. The foolish whine about it.

Seindah apa pun huruf terukir, dapatkah ia bermakna apabila tak ada jeda? Dapatkah ia dimengerti jika tak ada spasi? Bukankah kita baru bisa bergerak jika ada jarak? Dan saling menyayang bila ada ruang? Kasih sayang akan membawa dua orang semakin berdekatan, tapi ia tak ingin mencekik, jadi ulurlah tali itu.

Akan tetapi, hidup ini cair. Semesta ini bergerak. Realitas berubah. Seluruh simpul dari kesadaran kita berkembang mekar. Hidup akan mengikis apa saja yang memilih diam, memaksa kita untuk mengikuti arus agungnya yang jujur tetapi penuh rahasia. Kamu, tidak terkecuali.

Pembaharuan hadir dalam setiap detik. Perbaikan terjadi setiap saat.

Akan tetapi, hidup ini cair. Semesta ini bergerak. Realitas berubah. Seluruh simpul kesadaran kita berkembang mekar. Hidup akan mengikis apa saja yang memilih diam, memaksa kita untuk mengikuti arus agungnya yang jujur tetapi penuh rahasia. Kamu, tidak terkecuali.

Satu-satunya yang tidak diajarkan kepadamu adalah mengenal diri sendiri. Karena itu, kamu benci dan takut terhadap hidup

Tekanan adalah kondisi yang bisa membentuk seseorang.

Semakin banyak yang anda relakan, semakin besar keluasan diri yang anda rasakan.

Terima kasih untuk perjalanan ini. Untuk pilihanmu datang melalui aku. untuk proses yang tak selalu mudah, tapi selalu indah. Aku tak sabar untuk mengenalmu lagi. Lagi dan lagi.

Menjadi kuat bukan berarti kamu tahu segalanya. Bukan berarti kamu tidak bisa hancur. Kekuatanmu ada pada kemampuanmu bangkit lagi ketika berkali-kali jatuh. Jangan pikirkan kamu akan sampai dimana dan kapan. Tidak ada yang tahu.

Kalau dirawat dengan benar, banyak hal di dunia ini yang makin tua makin berharga. Makin hidup dan malah makin enak.

Pembaruan hadir dalam setiap detik. Perbaikan terjadi setiap saat, tapi ketakutan-ketakutan Anda tadilah yang justru menghancurkan.

I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect.

Books had rescued me when i most needed saving... Books were smarter than me and words inspired me... to try something new, charge forward without a clear understanding of what would happen next, because "given something like death, what does it matter if one looks foolish now and then, or tries too hard, or cares too deeply?" In the end, Thoreau, Whitman, Hafiz, and a dozen other writers put me up to the task of seeing if I dared to "live a life worth living.

I was stubborn like that, refusing to let my heart redefine how I operated. Looking back, there is a part of me that wants to replace the word 'stubborn' with 'reckless'; there are many things I would do differently now, but what good does it do to retrace your steps? Sometimes you simply do the things you do, and it doesn't necessarily help to pick on the "old you" by proclaiming how smart the new you is.

Placing an arm on Billy's seatback, Hunter ran a finger up and down her sleeve. Fourteen years and five babies had made some changes, but his love and passion for her had grown to even greater heights. He ran an appreciative gaze over her form. She was all frocked up in one of her city dresses. This one had blue polka dots with a row of blue bows along the hem. "You look mighty pretty today," he whispered.

When we feel fear, we shrink away, but when we're excited we go toward. Let's go toward. Let's go farther. Let's invite the creative into ourselves.