- Nothing is black and white. There's always a gray area, an exception to the rule, something that makes your absolute fall to pieces and consequently drives you insane.
- Nothing lasts forever, and that's a good thing.
- Perspective is everything.
- Sometimes it really is necessary to convince yourself something is true when you know it isn't.
- There is often no rational explanation for how we feel.
- Everyone needs someone or something to talk to. Preferably someone or something that will react. No matter how much you don't want to, people need other people. People want to feel needed. Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone is let them see you need them.
- Everything we do has an impact on something else, no matter how minor.
- "It takes all kinds of people to make a world."
- There's a time and place for everything, and if either is off by even a little, it changes everything.
- There is a small but distinct difference between making an excuse and giving an explanation.
- Sometimes all you need is for someone to have faith in you.
- Miscommunication, misunderstanding, and assumption are the root of way too many problems. Just talking straightforwardly can fix that.
- Mass media is messing everyone up, majorly.
- Instant messages, emails, phone calls, letters. They give people space and bravado so they say things they wouldn't otherwise say in person. For better or worse.
- Sometimes, taking a deep breath really does help.
- Your probability of being happy in life is a lot higher if you find a passion and follow it.
- Images affect us more than anything else. We absorb thousands every day and don't take much notice, but they're there.
- Simplicity and complexity are both gifts.
- Everything is relative.
- Appearances are superficial, but image isn't unimportant, even though the way others see you is often very different from the way you see yourself.
- Life is a lot easier and more pleasant when you stop caring what others think and how they see you, when you stop trying to impress people, and just be yourself. Everything is more real.
- Photography is great as a means of recording something that will become a memory, but it hinders living in the moment, and sometimes sacrificing the photos are worth it.
- There is a lot to be said for abstract thoughts and goals and dreams, but sometimes something concrete and tangible is necessary to believe.
- Everyone should believe in something.
- Life is happier when you let there be magic.
- Self-denial is admirable, but being able to indulge in moderation is, too.
- Everything in the world, in life, rests on a pinpoint, and all you can do is try to keep it balanced.
- So much pain could be prevented if, more frequently, we just asked "How are you?", "Are you okay?", or "Do you want to talk?", and actually listened to the response.
- Political correctness is overrated. But, at the same time, insensitivity isn't.
- Never let anyone, even yourself, tell you that you're not allowed to feel the way you're feel, or that you're not supposed to feel the way you do.
- Everyone is connected. Realizing a connection is the hard part--making it a full, rich, reality. But succeeding, even with only one person, is one of the greatest accomplishments.
- Sometimes you have trust others to get them to trust you.
- Everything works for good.
- Meditation or relaxation frees the mind. Freeing the mind opens it. Having an open minds lets you see the humor, beauty, and good everything.
- Getting angry is healthy. Holding onto your anger isn't.
- Whoever said "patience is a virtue" was right.
- You never really "get over" losing someone you love. You just learn how to accept it and turn it into something else. And if you loved them, you never really lose them, because they've had an impact you--they've made a difference in your life and it's a part of you. The pain just mellows out.
- "Nothing is unforgivable. Not where there's love."
- Passion is transformative and the expression of passion is the epitome of beauty.
- "What you feel only matters to you. It's what you do to the people you say you love, that's what matters."
- Sometimes, what we do is not a reflection of who we are.
- It's a good idea to reevaluate your priorities from time to time.
- If you like something that becomes popular, you don't have to stop liking it.
- "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."
- "You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier."
- Everyone is at least little hypocritical sometimes.
- "A person doesn't need to be perfect to be exactly what you need."
- Taking care of yourself is just as important as taking care of others.
- Group thinking is dangerous. Listen to others, be open to them, but in the end, think for yourself.
- Pick your battles.
- "[Don't] worry if people like you for the wrong reason. Just use that energy to build on it."
- The people you choose to surround yourself with, and the way you act around them, are a reflection of who you are.
- Tears ≠ weakness.
- A certain amount of fear can be healthy as motivation, but it can creep up and dominate you. And really, "There's no reason to be afraid. Ever."
- Good intentions are not always enough.
- Knowing what you want is the first step. Then all you have to do is go after it.
- You don't decide who deserves what. That's not the question, anyway.
- Being forgotten is a form of death.
- We have so many broad generalizations and labels for everything and everyone, but it all defies categorization in one way or another. Or completely.
- Truth is in the reaction.
- Sometimes, if you can't fix it, the best thing you can do is not worry about it.
- At the end of the day, no matter what has happened, life goes on.
- Despair is easy. Faith is hard. That's why it's more worthwhile.
- We tend to run away when things get hard, and denial and avoidance can be ways of running.
- You always have a choice.
- Not all conflict is bad. Conflict is necessary to life. (But I still don't have to like it. Haha.)
- Being nice to people in small ways is so easy, and they add up.
- It's easy to corrupt an experience or feeling in retrospect, to question how real it was. If you believed in it in the moment, then it was real.
- Everyone has his own style, and it doesn't matter what it is, as long as you own it.
- If you're going to break the rules, have a thorough command of them first.
- We don't often act rationally with the people we love. What you say/do often differs from what you feel. The best love prompts acts of sanity, as well as romantic stuff--you treat them the way you know you should treat a person you love.
- "Everyone goes haywire sometimes, and if we don't, then maybe we ought to."
- Even when you've got nothing, you can still tell stories.
- Sometimes fighting means stooping down. Sometimes it means standing up.
- "The human condition is defined by irony."
Maybe I'll add more another time.
1/21/09, 10:01 PM
1/26/09 12:54 AM
Just added more.
1/21/09, 10:01 PM
1/26/09 12:54 AM
Just added more.
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