Whenever you become aware of a conflict in the world, realize that you only perceive it as a conflict because it resonates with something that's already inside of you.
Until recently I did not understand what happens when I’m by your side, but I realize this is love which makes me feel this way.
What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself.
Burning bridges behind you is understandable. It's the bridges before us that we burn, not realizing we may need to cross, that brings regret.
The only thing that feels worse than being stuck in a situation that makes you unhappy is realizing that you are not ready or willing to change whatever it is.
Do not let anyone tell you that these people made work of play. They simply realized that the most fun lies in seeing and studying the unknown.
When you're in school until you're 25 and you get out and suddenly structure is not handed to you, if you're smart you realize that you need to create structure for yourself.
All of life, Orhan realizes, is a story within a story; how we choose to listen and which words we choose to speak makes all the difference.
I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn't realize they thought. And they say, 'Hey, yeah!' And they like that.
I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realized that wasn't the way to do things. I don't discriminate against anybody for their sexual preference, for their skin color... that's immature.
Life is meaning less when you realized that you are about to die. Till then, everything negative however trifle they may be, depress you.
One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.
I'll never forget the day I realized I wasn't quite the Ford model I thought I was.
Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock.
I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.
Becoming an entrepreneur was the furthest thing from my mind. I actually had an identity crisis when I realized I had become one.
I realized just how much exercise and eating right make a difference in how you feel now and when you get older.
I always thought I was depressive, and I only recently realized that I have more of an anxiety disorder than chronic depression.
People tend to fast forward your healing and learning for their own convenience. They don't realize they are not the healers, it's the time and individual wisdom.
In China, I realized that if you visit often enough and learn the language, you will be assimilated, but you'll still be kept at arm's length; you'll always be looked on as a foreigner.
