Quotes of Paxton Hood

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The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul.".

- Paxton Hood

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“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ When we go into stillness we can hear our soul’s voice loud and clear. If we speak from our heart we share our soul’s melody with the world. ”

- Christina Goetz

“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic. ”

- Anais Nin

“ Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy ”

- Amit Ray

“ Nothing that is perfect can be taught ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ All things are difficult before they are easy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. ”

- Helen Fisher

“ I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense. ”

- e.e. cummings

“ If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. ”

- Leo Tolstoy

“ Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter. ”

- Melissa Marr

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ It is now how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. ”

- Unknown

“ If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Often, we fabricate the people we love to make loving them more palatable; the fictionalized version of them reduces the awareness of truth. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson