At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, ‘I was always happy.’ Hopefully, we will be able to say, ‘I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.’
BARBARA DE ANGELISAt the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, ‘I was always happy.’ Hopefully, we will be able to say, ‘I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.’
BARBARA DE ANGELISAll addictions have one thing in common – they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.
BARBARA DE ANGELISWhen I look for happiness, I lose it. When I stop looking, and surrender to where I am, I find it.
BARBARA DE ANGELISNo one betrays us as much in our lives as we betray ourselves.
BARBARA DE ANGELISThey’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.
BARBARA DE ANGELISMarriage 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.
BARBARA DE ANGELISDifficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.
BARBARA DE ANGELISno job is a good job if it isn’t good for you.
BARBARA DE ANGELISDon’t be proud of what you know, and don’t be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned as well as from the learned. Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection.
BARBARA DE ANGELISLove 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.
BARBARA DE ANGELISIn order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
BARBARA DE ANGELISLove’s greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
BARBARA DE ANGELISPassion is not a quality that is foreign to you. It is not a characteristic that some people are born with and some must do without. To be passionate is as natural to you as breathing, as natural as being alive. It is the source of who you are.
BARBARA DE ANGELISThere has never been, and never again will be a human being like you. There is nothing ordinary about you. If you feel ordinary, it is because you have chosen to hide the extraordinary parts of yourself from the world.
BARBARA DE ANGELISWhen will you know you have enough, and what will you do then?
BARBARA DE ANGELISMen aren’t the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they’ve been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS