More from Emily Dickinson
Forever – is composed of Nows – ‘Tis not a different time. Let Months dissolve in further Months – And Years – exhale in Years.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson You don’t have to be a house to be haunted.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Wonder is not precisely knowing.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson The things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun – if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson I dwell in possibility.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Bring me the sunset in a cup.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson
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Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays
More on beginning
The strings to our past are burned because we need a new beginning.
Caroline MyssCaroline Myss Changing the world begins with the very personal process of changing yourself, the only place you can begin is where you are, and the only time you can begin is always now.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Every ending is a beginning, and thus beginning shall bring hope.
Frank ZFrank Z Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin to amount to something. This is such a no-brainer.
Charlie MungerCharlie Munger When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
Steven PressfieldSteven Pressfield Meditation is acceptance. It is the acceptance of life within us, without us and all around us. Acceptance of life is the beginning of human satisfaction.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy
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