You come into this world with nothing and you go empty-handed. The wealth of life lies only in how you have allowed its experiences to enrich you. Filth can blossom into the fragrance of a flower. Manure can transform itself into the sweetness of a mango. No adversity is an impediment if you are in a state of conscious response. No matter what the nature of the situation you are in, it can only enhance your experience of life, if you allow it to.
– from Inner Engineering book by Sadhguru
Category: Quotes
Our teenage years have to simultaneously …
Our teenage years have to simultaneously be the brightest light and the darkest depths, because that’s how we learn to figure out our horizons.
– from My Friends book by Fredrik Backman
Living in the past was a …
Living in the past was a little like living underwater and breathing through a tube.
– from 11/22/63 book by Stephen King
War is like an avalanche. Once …
War is like an avalanche. Once begun, it cannot cease until it has wreaked all the destruction it is capable of.
– from The Palace of Illusions book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
I have always believed that each …
I have always believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.
– from Grinding It Out book by Ray Kroc
Never ask what a gentleman did …
Never ask what a gentleman did or didn’t do. If he’s a true gentleman, he did it with good cause. And if he’s a true gentleman, he’ll never tell.
– from The Maid book by Nita Prose