Isabel > Isabel's Quotes

“Often it is the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them.”
― Herman Hesse

“After so many years of foolishness, you have once again had an idea, have done something, have heard the bird in your chest singing and have followed it.”
― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha

“He took a sip of my father’s weak coffee and spit it back into the mug. "This shit’s like making love in a canoe."
"Excuse me?"
"It’s fucking near water.”
― David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

“The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.”
― Alain de Botton

“We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease.”
― Alain De Botton, On Love

“A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us.”
― Pema Chodron

“The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.”
― Pema Chodron

“Don’t let life harden your heart.”
― Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron

“In truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives.”
― Pema Chodron, Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.’ Pema Chodron”
― Chantal Burns, Instant Motivation: The Surprising Truth Behind What Really Drives Top Performance