
Artistic experience lies so incredibly close to that of sex, to its pain and its ecstasy, that the two manifestations are indeed but different forms of one and the same yearning and delight.
— Rainer Marie Rilke from Letters to a Young
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.
— Rumi
- Zen Comes Down To Three ThingsZen pretty much comes down to three things: Everything changes, Everything is connected, Pay attention. —Jane Hirschfield
- Zeal Is A VolcanoZeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow. — Kahil Gibran
- Yule Is When The Dark Half Of The Year Cedes To The Light HalfYule is when the dark half of the year cedes to the light half. Known as Solstice Night, Awaiting the rebirth of the Sun God. Bonfires, wassailing crops… Read more: Yule Is When The Dark Half Of The Year Cedes To The Light Half
- Your Words Surround You Like FogYour words surround you like fog and make you hard to see. ― Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach, Pirate
- Your Time Is LimitedYour time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.… Read more: Your Time Is Limited
- Your Task Is Not To Seek For LoveYour task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. — Rumi
- Your Strengths are not Your WeaknessesUnderstand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to… Read more: Your Strengths are not Your Weaknesses
- Your Soul Needs Time For Solitude And Self-ReflectionYour soul needs time for solitude and self-reflection. In order to love, lead, heal, and create, you must nourish yourself first. — Louise Hay
- Your Purpose Isn’t Something You DiscoverYour purpose isn’t something you discover, but something you ultimately choose yourself. Stop looking for it and make the choice, then allow that choice to transform you. —… Read more: Your Purpose Isn’t Something You Discover
- Your Photographs Reflect YouEvery photograph you make Is a reflection of you. — Eric Kim