Awakened Quote by Daniel Defoe

Humanity has been sleeping-and still sleeps-lulled within the narrowly confining joys of its little closed loves. In the depths of the human multitude there…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

At every point in the human journey we find that we have to let go in order to move forward; and letting go means…

— Kathleen R Fischer

Unless we possess high spiritual qualifications, there is no doubt that the events life throws upon us will give rise to frustration, emotional turmoil,…

— Dalai Lama

Sometimes life itself has its turns on us as humans. Parts of it which influence your levels of every day happiness can become such…

— Dav Mar

“Pleasure, scarcely in one instance, is ever able to reach ecstasy and rapture; and in no one instance can it continue for any time…

— David Hume

Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Rest forever, tired heart. The final illusion has perished. The one we believed eternal is gone. Just like that. Out the door desire follows…

— Giacomo Leopardi

“The arousing from sleep, after a recent misfortune, is a bitter moment; the mind at first habitually recurs to its previous tranquility, but is…

— Anonymous

Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. I am one of those whom suffering has made empty and frivolous:…

— Cyril Connolly

The evolution of our spirit is blazed on the dark background of eternity by our individual wakes. Every person can, if he/she wishes, leave…

— Bertrand Russell

“Life in all its resiliency, beauty and strength is sometimes eclipsed by its unquestionable transient frailty. Today we are alive…tomorrow is not promised. And…

— Jason Versey

“Wickedness never rests easily so, in a way, one might almost feel pity for the wicked, for they are destined to live their lives…

— John Connolly