• ‎"Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. Our inner lives are eternal, which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we were in full bloom. Think of love as a state of grace, not the means to anything, but the alpha and omega. An end in itself."

~florentino ariza (el amor en tiempos del colera)

• "You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person will not be found: You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection." - Siddhartha Gautama, the Enlightened One
• "We have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour...Now you must go back and tell the people that THIS is the Hour. And there are things to be considered...Where are you living? (in cities and pollution and destruction).. What are you doing? (you are getting stressed about today's problems and you are caught up in a false world)....Where are your relationships? (There is love all around still, and people have relationships and bonds with one another, this is sacred)....Where is your water? (polluted)...Know your garden (get back in-touch with nature and know plants and species of herbs and the like). Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for the leader. (Hope comes from within and it starts with you...don't look to self-chosen false leaders to disillusion you). This could be a good time! (realize the miracle of Being and the Sacredness of nature.) There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. (Un-necessary suffering). Know the River has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water. Go with the change that is the river. See who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally. Least of all, ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt. The time of the lone wolf is over. It is time for us to form communities and re-establish and re-connect old bonds with each other. Gather yourselves! Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We~ Yes, We...Me, You.. We are the ones we've been waiting for."

-Message from Hopi Elders (Oraibi, Arizona)

• "don't part with your illusions. when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" ~mark twain
• “love is life and life is living living is love and love is giving when we live for love then it gives life meaning when we live to give love there’s no greater feeling, there’s feeling of kindness when love’s inside us, nobody can sell this or try to buy this cause love is priceless and it guides us lifts us up and ignites us love can bind us and remind us love has no limit because love is timeless hate and fear will try to blind us but love unites us nobody can fight this ‘cause love is righteous and it might just save the whole world from this global crisis throw your hands up if you know what the time is open up your heart and let it shine the brightest give love”

-MC Yogi’s ‘Give Love’

• "To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. i must say one word about fear: it is life's only true opponent. only fear can defeat life. all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. love is a human right." ~Anna April, denmark
• "I read somewhere of how important it is in life to not necessarily be strong, but to feel strong. To measure yourself, at least once". ~christopher mccandless, Into the Wild
• They say that dreams are only real as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?

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• Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this ever happened.
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• Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to dicide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
• "God is Truth but there are many ways to go about Truth!!"
• "Be the change that you want to see in the world"

-Gandhi

• Crow’s warning before Kafka begins his journey in Kafka on the Shore:

"The storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step. There’s no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones. That’s the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine."

• "when we become passive consumers.... we are surrendering our lifeforce." (philosophy idea and current reality derived from The Matrix)
• "most of these people are not ready to be unplugged, and so many of them are so hopelessly dependent on the system..that they will fight to protect it". -the matrix, said by morpheius.
• From Princess Mononoke....

Narrator:" In ancient times, the land lay covered in forests, where, from ages long past, dwelt the spirits of the gods. Back then, man and beast lived in harmony, but as time went by, most of the great forests were destroyed. Those that remained were guarded by gigantic beasts who owed their allegiances to the Great Forest Spirit, for those were the days of gods and of demons. "

• Hii-sama: "You cannot change fate. However, you can rise to meet it, if you so choose."
• Jigo: "These days, there are angry ghosts all around us. Dead from wars, sickness, starvation, and nobody cares. So - you say you're under a curse. So what, so's the whole damn world. "