More from Jim Morrison
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison People are terrified to be set free – they hold on to their chains. They fight anyone who tries to break those chains. It’s their security..
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison That unknown was once very well known. It’s where our souls belong….
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison You get to love your pretense…It’s true, we’re locked in an image, an act…
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison Music is your only friend until the end…
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison Obviously that can only work at moments. It can’t be a lasting thing.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison Take it easy baby, take it as it comes – specialize in having fun!
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison Drugs are a bet with your mind.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison I wouldn’t mind dying in a plane crash. It’d be a good way to go. I don’t want to die in my sleep, or of old age, or OD…
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison The grand highway is crowded w/lovers & searchers & leavers so eager to please & forget. Wilderness.
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
BodhidharmaBodhidharma I probably couldn’t have the same experience listening to that song because I’m self-conscious about some of my singing parts.
Babatunde AdebimpeBabatunde Adebimpe When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time.
Barnett NewmanBarnett Newman Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.
Barry EislerBarry Eisler The self is made, not given
Barbara MyerhoffBarbara Myerhoff Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.
Baha'u'llahBaha'u'llah We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
Kwame NkrumahKwame Nkrumah The beauty in the losing is a loss finally of self-consciousness. There’s a gorgeous moment that can happen in all kinds of places. It can happen with people, it can happen with nature, and it can happen with my eyes shut anywhere I am.
Barbara Brown TaylorBarbara Brown Taylor