The avarice, the hunger for materialistic possessions and the dependency upon alcohol had gradually become stronger and stronger. And now, it was the sum total of what she was.
Beauty is more a danger than intelligence or wit. One becomes a living mirror for the inadequacies of others.
Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.
How I want to see the mountains, rivers, sunshine, and ruined fortresses! Let the wind course over us until we become beautiful
How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity.
No question; language can free us of feeling, or almost. Maybe that's one of its functions - so we can understand the world without becoming entirely overwhelmed by it.
In their faces--plenty of them were handsome, but ruined--I've seen the remnants of who they almost succeeded in being but failed to be, before becoming themselves.
I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture.
By attuning your breathing, you can become one with the natural rhythm of life that flows through you all the time.
A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.
No matter how hard you fight the darkness, every light casts a shadow, and the closer you get to the light, the darker that shadow becomes.
The history of the world begins with a seed. The seed is the kernel of what you are, but it is also the promise of what you can become.
Sometimes, even pretty simple situations can become tough, when the thing you love the most and the thing you have to sacrifice is the same.
A man who becomes enchanted by the flower's fragrance stays only for a fleeting moment, but a man who comes because of love stays for a lifetime.
If you look at a dancer in silence, his or her body will be the music. If you turn the music on, that body will become an extension of what you're hearing.
Our stories become self-fulfilling; we will always live up to the story. So make it a desired one
Freedom of Speech has become Freedom of Stupidity on the internet. Some ignominious users should not be given a voice to comment at all.
I had become a perfect fake human, saying the stupid and pointless things that humans say to each other all day long.
Their Bibles had become an idol before God. That the cross, as a symbol, was an idol, even their own self-image was an idol before God.
Your life is enriched with meaning when allow yourself to become inspired, set goals, and charge after them with passion.
The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact. But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed!
