More Quotes
Love is the absence of judgment. ― Dalai Lama XIV
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great. – Comte de Bussy– Rabutin
Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity
Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it. — Nelson Mandela
Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming that love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck in wishful fantasy, undermining the real power of the love -- which is to transform us.' Many people want love to function like a drug, giving them an immediate and sustained high. They want to do nothing, just passively receive the good feeling. ― bell hooks
To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue and redeem us. True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved. ― bell hooks
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them —Steve Maraboli
No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough ― bell hooks
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. — Nelson Mandela
