I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way. Martha Beck crisisdeepextraordinary Change image and share on social
Life is suffering. Life is not resistance to suffering. The point of life is to suffer. This is why we're here: We're here to suffer. I believe in a higher power that compassionately allows suffering for us as a race, to grow and mature. Rainn Wilson compassionatelygrowhigh share on social
Julia Roberts most definitely would play me in the film of my life. Not just because of the hair but because she has all sides to her personality come through in films that I could just imagine her playing my crazy self so well. Jess Glynne crazyfilmhair share on social
To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt. Mikhail Bakunin animalcrushdignity share on social
To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic. John Kricfalusi alivelifemake Change image and share on social
My writing is often a way of 'bearing witness' for others who lack the education and the opportunity to tell their own stories, so I hope that my writing won't be affected too much by my personal life. Joyce Carol Oates affectbeareducation share on social
When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life. Joyce Carol Oates booklifepeople Change image and share on social
I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people. John Lennon changeconformfeel share on social
Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying it in the unconscious; and that the problems of this difficult period find their solution under a disguised form in adult life. Herbert Read adultburydifficult share on social
