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“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
― Amy Bloom

“sometimes courage isn’t climbing Mount Everest or changing the world. Sometimes your mountain to climb is made up of weekdays and months, made up of pushing yourself forward even when you want to nestle into the past. Sometimes changing the world means changing your world as gradually as you need to, as gently as you heal, because sometimes courage isn’t made up of war and bloodshed; sometimes courage isn’t made of combat. Sometimes courage is a quiet fight, a dim softness within you, that flickers even on your darkest days and reminds you that you are strong, that you are growing—that there is hope.”
― Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

“Sometimes, it’s the people who have been hurt the most who refuse to be hardened in this world, because they would never want to make another person feel the same way they have felt. If that isn’t something to be in awe of, I don’t know what is.”
― Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

“Do you understand? What you are made of? The very stars combust in the night sky with the same atoms that make up your mind. Can you feel that?”
― Bianca Sparacino

“If the world does not understand the way you burn, do not hide yourself away. Instead, set it on fire. Show them what you can do with all of that hope inside of you.”
― Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

“you are the living, breathing fragments of your triumphs and your tragedies, stitched together through hurt and hope”
― Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

“a soul that aches with hope and overflows with the feeling to a point of destruction”
― Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

“When people who don't know you well admire you, they are seeing their projected illusion, not your real self.
In contrast, when people who know you well respect you, it is probably because you deserve it.”
― Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World

“We know the world only through the window of our mind. When our mind is noisy, the world is as well. And when our mind is peaceful, the world is, too. Knowing our minds is just as important as trying to change the world.”
― Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

“Do not fight your negative emotions. Observe and befriend them.”
― Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

“I wish you could see my true nature. Beyond my body and labels, there is a river of tenderness and vulnerability.”
― Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

“Because I have experienced pain, I am able to embrace the pain of others. Because I have made mistakes, I am able to forgive others their mistakes. May my suffering become the seed of compassion”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

“The reason we think we are better than others is that inferiority still lurks within us. A sense of superiority exists because of a sense of inferiority.”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

“The most dangerous people are those who have passion but lack wisdom. If”
― Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

“Beyond stereotypes and assumptions, there is a valley of openness and authenticity”
― Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

“When the world goes to sleep, God is the One who is awake with you. God sees the tears you hide with smiles and He embraces the pain you think no one would understand. “Not even an atom’s weight in the heavens or the earth remains hidden from Him” (34:3).”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Your blessings, your trials and triumphs, your journey of falling and rising, your gifts and talents—they are all connected. Your true calling is held in the arms of your deepest wounds. God only breaks you to remake you, because breakdowns come before breakthroughs. Everything that God has written into your path was meant to prepare you for this exact moment. God wants you to come as you are, not as you think you should be.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“God does not love you just because of who you are; He loves you because love is who He is. So never stop praying. Even when the pain is too much to bear, even when you have broken a thousand promises, even if all that comes out is a silent whisper that only God can hear. No matter what storms you are facing, no matter how bad you mess up, no matter how painful life becomes, the door to prayer is always open for you. After all, as Imam Ali said, “When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Words have power, which is why Imam Ali says, “Speak only when your words are more beautiful than the silence.” After all, everything in existence sprouted from the vibration of the divinely uttered word “Be! And it is” (36:82). So remember, your tongue is like a knife; it can either kill like the sword of a samurai or save like the scalpel of a surgeon.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“As the mystics say, “Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, ‘Is it true?’ at the second ask, ‘Is it necessary?’ and at the third gate ask, ‘Is it kind?”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Even if our doubts span an entire ocean, the light of God’s wisdom can rise beyond the furthest horizons and illuminate our hearts with a deep sense of contentment.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“We do not worship God because God needs it, we worship God because we need it. Prayer is not you reaching out for God, it is you responding to God, who first reached out to you.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“If we pray only when we feel like it, then we are not praying for God, but for our egos to feel a certain way.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“God pushes us to the edge of the cliff when He wants us to learn how to fly. The difficulties we face can act as catalysts for self-discovery and growth. The core Islamic teaching”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Do not live your life in reaction to what people have done to you, but live your life in gratitude for all that God has done for you.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Sometimes you have to lose what you have and find it again for you to know the value of the blessing that you have always owned.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Men do not know what they do not know, and women should not tell them.”
― Amy Bloom

“some people bounced back from a train wreck and some people couldn’t get over a bee sting.”
― Amy Bloom, Lucky Us