A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others. – Confuscious

“Verily, in the body is a piece of flesh which, if sound, the entire body is sound, and if corrupt, the entire body is corrupt. Truly, it is the heart”. – (Sahih Al-Bukhari: 52)

“Our starting point is always wrong. Instead of beginning with ourselves,we always want to change others first and ourselves last. If everyone would begin first with themselves, then there would be peace all around!” — Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica, Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

"اصعب الحرام اوله ، ثم يسهل ، ثم يُستساغ ، ثم يُؤلف ، ثم يحلو ، ثم يُطبع في القلب ، ثم يبحث القلب عن حرام ."اخر - الشافعي — أقوال وحكم الفلاسفة (@heekma) December 29, 2022 iاصعب الحرام اوله ، ثم يسهل ، ثم يُستساغ ، ثم يُؤلف ، ثم يحلو ، ثم يُطبع في القلب ، ثم يبحث القلب عن حرام .“اخر

A friend told me about this one and I googled it but I couldn’t find any definite author or source. It’s ok to be a little fucked up in the head, we all are. It’s only when you’re fucked up in the heart that makes you a real piece of shit.

“Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I’ve come across this tweet and it had a few replies that I wanted to store because I think they hold very true meaning. if everyone drops one thing they learned in therapy we can all gain insight from this thread — madimoiselle ♡ (@drivingmemadi) July 25, 2021 A few fascinating replies: sometimes you don’t deserve closure. the people you’ve hurt don’t owe you forgiveness even after you’ve changed for the better.

“Do not fall in love with people like me. I will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like blood in your mouth. I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible. And when I leave you will finally understand, why storms are named after people.” – Caitlyn Siehl

I am in my late 20s and feel I have wasted a lot of time. Is it too late for me to achieve something worthwhile? Too late for what? If you slept through your 26th birthday, it’s too late for you to experience that. It’s too late for you to watch “LOST” in its premiere broadcast. (Though, honestly, you didn’t miss much.) It’s too late for you to fight in the Vietnam War.