Lailah Gifty Akita Quote

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Confidence is what we get when we take fear, face it and replace it.

We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.

One's suffering, one's melancholy is, in itself, really only looked upon as failure or as punishment, as detestable or sinful or socially unacceptable in the eyes of man; but this is not so in the eye...

Pain will come with time, but time will heal the pain.

I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.

Some people will still find a way to create a fire with wet logs.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Affliction equips the suffering to empathize with others in anguish and not only does it strengthen them, it enables them to be consoling comforters in a world full of hurt.

Expectations are at war, if good feeling and discomfort clash. When we are expecting zest and joy, our good karma may be ousted by distress and frustration, if negative downbeat waves are emitted. Jus...