A wise word is more rare than the green emerald, and one can find the word of wisdom even amongst the slave girls making grain.
BARBARA DE ANGELISIt is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better – all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.
More Barbara De Angelis Quotes
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You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. The heart will break… but broken live on.
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What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning
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no job is a good job if it isn’t good for you.
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They’re basically moments in which you’re in touch with the meaning of life, when your relationship to the rest of the universe makes sense.
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When I look for happiness, I lose it. When I stop looking, and surrender to where I am, I find it.
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When will you know you have enough, and what will you do then?
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
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Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
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Passion acts like a magnet that attracts us to its source. We are drawn to people who radiate with passion, who live with passion, who breathe with passion. Your passion is your true power. The more you discover and express your passion for life, the more irresistible you will become to others.
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Temporary feelings of regret are a normal part of the mourning process. This helps us retrieve our lost dreams. If we hold on to regret, we risk trapping ourselves in a prison of unrealized dreams from which it is difficult to escape.
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When you live with constant gratitude, your life will become a living prayer.
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The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
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One of the most courageous things we do is change. If everyone says you’re wonderful every time you wear a red dress, and you change to yellow, that takes courage.
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I just want to get a Ph.D. in love.
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Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth.
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Happiness is not an acquisition – it is a skill. We do not experience happiness because of what we get. We experience happiness because of how we live each moment.
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It is easy to be mindless in America, because dreaming of and living for a better tomorrow is the American way. … The problem is, in the second half of the twentieth century, we have gotten so good at living for tomorrow that most of us spend very little time in the present.
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The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It’s a choice you make on your wedding day, and over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband.
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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible – it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
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If you don’t develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won’t be any happier when you get more.
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I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.
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in all codependent relationships, the rescuer needs the victim as much as the victim needs the rescuer.
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Silence has a regenerative power of its own. It is always sacred. It always returns you home.
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Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.
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Living with integrity means… behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.
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