Cezanne Smoothing Quotes & Sayings

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No'. — Aaron Copland

Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves. — Pema Chodron

Choose your own attitude. Don't let another choose it for you. — Susan Gaddis

Rumi says:

O seeker of the Truth! Be happy if you have sorrows!

They are the tricks of reunion that the Beloved has set for you since one remembers Allah and seeks refuge in Him when one is overcome by sorrow.

Sorrow is a treasure. Your illnesses and the
other troubles you face are all treasures.

Likewise, sorrow is as a blessed wind that blows on the mirror of the heart to clear the dust from it; never compare it with harmful winds.

In this path of love, no one but grief remembers me, thousands of thanks to it. — Osman Nuri Topbas

When you function in love, your inside creates your outside. When you function in fear, your outside creates your inside. — Drunvalo Melchizedek

You were what you were and you are what you are. Fuck that regrets bullshit. — Irvine Welsh

If the weather's nice, I like to be outside exercising, but when it's colder, I'm a real homebody and I catch up on my reading. — Jeremy Sumpter

Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. Without love our self-esteem weakens. Without it our courage fails. Without love we can no longer look out confidently at the world. — Chief Dan George