A good man is called a man by his works
Tshikororo RaymondStichwörter: inspirational inspiring
I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)... 'I spoke to three scholars,' [the character says 'at last.'] ...two of them said that, after death, the [sic (misprint, fault of the publisher)] just go to Paradise. The third one, though, told me to consult some verses from the Koran. [end quote]' ...I can see that he's excited. [narrator]' ...Now I have many positive things to say about Coelho: He is respectable, inspiring as a man, a truth-seeker, and an appealing writer; but one should hesitate to call him a 'literary' writer based on this quote. A 'literary' author knows that a character's excitement should be 'shown' in his or her dialogue and not in the narrator's commentary on it. Advice for Coelho: Remove the 'I can see that he's excited' sentence and show his excitement in the phrasing of his quote.(Now, in defense of Coelho, I am firmly of the opinion, having myself written plenty of prose that is flawed, that a novelist should be forgiven for slipping here and there.)Lastly, it appears that a belief in reincarnation is of great interest to Mr. Coelho ... Just think! He is a man who has achieved, (as Leonard Cohen would call it), 'a remote human possibility.' He has won lots of fame and tons of money. And yet, how his preoccupation with reincarnation—none other than an interest in being born again as somebody else—suggests that he is not happy!
Roman PayneStichwörter: life truth happiness education writing inspiration literary-criticism writing-craft paulo-coelho leonard-cohen fame happy excitement paradise novels writing-advice educational islam koran craft birth fortune critique inspirational-life publishing imperfection life-and-death grammar reincarnation inspiring characterization faults authorship roman novelist born-again literary-theory dialogue cohen sentence-structure writing-art craftsmanship writing-from-the-heart writing-and-art critique-of-modernity inspirational-attitude human-potential islamic payne roman-payne narration coelho humaneness famous-authors islamic-quotes inspiring-quotes fame-and-fortune art-of-literature writing-as-a-profession aleph literature-quotes happiness-positive-outlook advice-for-writers phrasing grammatical
That’s the key, you know, confidence. I know for a fact that if you genuinely like your body, so can others. It doesn’t really matter if it’s short, tall, fat or thin, it just matters that you can find some things to like about it. Even if that means having a good laugh at the bits of it that wobble independently, occasionally, that’s all right. It might take you a while to believe me on this one, lots of people don’t because they seem to suffer from self-hatred that precludes them from imagining that a big woman could ever love herself because they don’t. But I do. I know what I’ve got is a bit strange and difficult to love but those are the very aspects that I love the most! It’s a bit like people. I’ve never been particularly attracted to the uniform of conventional beauty. I’m always a bit suspicious of people who feel compelled to conform. I personally like the adventure of difference. And what’s beauty, anyway?
Dawn FrenchStichwörter: inspirational love confidence self funny french help weight inspiring dawn dear fatty
The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you.
Louis ZamperiniStichwörter: love family world inspiring
His green eyes blazed with desire; such a different look than I'd known before. Chase had studied me, reading my feelings. Tucker was only trying to see his own reflection. Disturbing on several levels.
Kristen SimmonsStichwörter: poetic inspiring funny-and-random
it was like trying to see a shadow in the dark.
Melissa AndreaStichwörter: fear darkness seeing trying shadow inspiring seeking fears see trying-to-find-it seeking-truth
Ohana means family - no one gets left behind, and no one is ever forgotten.'
Chris Sanders and Dean DeBloisAnyone who ever bet against you was wrong. Don’t let their opinion blind you from your reality. You were not meant to live their life; LIVE yours!
Steve MaraboliStichwörter: life reality live opinion wrong inspiring blind bet
Live what you love.
Jo DeurbrouckStichwörter: inspiring inspirational-quote inspirational-living
The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. They are kneeling with hands clasped that we might act with restraint, that we might leave room for the life that is destined to come. To protect what is wild is to protect what is gentle. Perhaps the wilderness we fear is the pause between our own heartbeats, the silent space that says we live only by grace. Wilderness lives by this same grace. Wild mercy is in our hands.
Terry Tempest WilliamsStichwörter: inspiring
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