Albert Goldbarth, “The Sciences Sing a Lullabye”

People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. 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. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.

martinscorsese:

The characters that I play are real. They are real so they have as much right to be portrayed as any other characters.

Marlon and I never talked about our performances in The Godfather. What was he going to say? We knew each other. I spent time on his island with him. But you don’t talk about acting. You talk about anything but acting. I guess the admiration is unspoken.

Yeah, you can make new friends. I recently met a couple of people that are a lot younger than me. It’s a nice thing.

Reality is this moment.

Some people understand what it is to create something special, and others are thinking what they can get out of it.

I’m not going to read all the books I want to read.

I might like to do things that are more retiring. Like sit in a place and just look at the view. Take a nice walk. Have a coffee. But not retire. As long as I’m enjoying what I’m doing, why retire?

You go through a lot of different phases in life. I used to have dessert all the time as a kid. Now I don’t eat dessert much. Except when I’m in special restaurants and I tell myself, Well, I’m here. I have to have the dessert.

Now is now. Then is then. And the future will be what the future will be. So enjoy the moment while you’re in it. Now is a great time.

(via maryhartleys)

Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions!

My suggestion is that whenever you have to choose, always choose the unknown, because the known you have already lived. Never miss the unknown. Always choose the unknown and go headlong. Even if you suffer, it is worth it — it always pays.

If you are experiencing the void in any area of your life, be loving to yourself. Don’t worry if no direction has yet revealed itself. You are raising your vibration rapidly in this area, doing much inner work, and opening your heart to love yourself more. As you do, new circumstances will start appearing that are better than what you had in the past. Love and accept your present circumstances too, for loving where you are will let you reach your new vision more quickly.

Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far. The secret is in action - here and now. It is your behaviour that blinds you to yourself. Disregard whatever you think yourself to be and act as if you were absolutely perfect - whatever your idea of perfection may be.

I am a cage, in search of a bird.

“It would be interesting if all your life you remember that your first kiss happened when you thought you looked weird. Because then you’d know, it’s not what you look like on the outside that matters. It’s what kind of person you are.”

(via thechocolatebrigade)

Don’t explain. People only hear what they want to hear.

The ego will not go with laughter or caresses.
It must be chased in sorrow and drowned in tears.

Ask yourself if what you’re doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.

The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step out of the frame.

Some things you’re not letting happen right now because the timing isn’t perfect for you. Some you’re not letting happen because you are very aware of where you are. But all things, as they are happening, are happening in perfect order. And if you will relax and begin saying, “Everything in its perfect time. Everything is unfolding. And I’m enjoying where I am now, in relationship to where I’m going. Content where I am, and eager for more,” that is the perfect vibrational stance.

Why are people sad? That’s simple. They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people’s ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.