"You don't see your prison because its bars are invisible."

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“There are no ordinary moments.”

“Anger is stronger than fear, stronger than sorrow.”

“You will be free of the world's turbulence as soon as you stop taking your thoughts so seriously.”

“The world's a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it." - Socrates”

“A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does”

“I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.”

Resonant Thoughts

"I was so sentimental about you I'd break any one's heart for you. My, I was a damned fool. I broke my own heart, too. It's broken and gone. Everything I believe in and everything I cared about I left …"

— Ernest Hemingway

Literature1899–1961

#love

"...I don't like to make judgments about what people like sexually. Some people like one sex, or the other, or they like fat people, or they like to be tied up, whatever. That's fine. Whatever people l…"

— John S. Hall

Literature1960

#politics

"The amount of time it takes to provide is threefold for families whom have to make due with very little. … Children from poor households learn to have very low expectations of themselves and their fut…"

— Manuel Rivera-Ortiz

Art1968

#time

"Our commitment to our veterans is a sacred covenant. ... It is sacred because there's no more solemn request than to ask someone to risk their life, to be ready to give their life on our behalf. It's …"

— Barack Obama

Politics1961

#leadership