Meditation Quote by Natsume Sōseki

“He was driven with the thought that one day he would achieve his objective; his mind was the only motive force he knew; his…

— Pandora

“He remembered a version of himself untrammeled by expectation, unimpeded by Ego. He had suffered in the many years since then, seeking to return…

— Ashim Shanker

“He tried to avoid these thoughts. He had to stand on guard against his own feeling—as if some part of him had become a…

— Ayn Rand

“His brain and his heart knew this, but he couldn’t stop himself, and the razor of his conscience lent the undeniable thrill of pain…

— Robert Girardi

“The man does not remember the hand that struck him, the darkness that frightened him, as a child; nevertheless, the hand and darkness remain…

— James Baldwin

“Slowed down by a sense of hopelessness in all his decisions and movements, he suffered from bitter sadness, and his incapacity solidified into a…

— Robert Musil

“To die, he thought, was to escape passion's grasp, but that was the last thing he wanted. Instead he wished to be seized by…

— David Guterson

“My heart faltered, overcome by its frightened, almost frenzied beating because of something I had just lost, or was on the point of losing…

— Nawal El Saadawi

“There was a certain graceful ease and freedom about all he said and did, that gave a sense of repose and expansion to the…

— Anne Brontë

“But now, this time, finally, he felt the anguish and pain thrusting out from deep inside, consciously, knowingly; an emotional agony boiled up within,…

— Anonymous

“This was not the way to think things out for himself, and that was what he had to do. Take each piece of happening…

— Kate Seredy

“He was almost there, ready to hang up his wings, to leave behind everyone who mattered to him. To descend into a pit of…

— Jay Allan