Simche Friedman Quotes

#1. Losing a battle or losing everything we thought we possessed will bring us moments of sadness, but when those moments pass, we will discover the hidden strength that exists in each of us, a strength that will surprise us and increase our self-respect.

Paulo Coelho

#2. I'm almost convinced that I'm never awake. I'm not sure if I'm not in fact dreaming when I live, and living when I dream, or if dreaming and living are for me intersected, intermingled things that together form my conscious self.

Fernando Pessoa

#3. That which you bestow freely and willingly will bring you all the happy luck that a grateful universe knows how to return.

Sarah Fuller Flower Adams

#4. That is the problem with not being able to depend on anything, you become afraid of everything -- even the best of intention.

J.L. Rallios

#5. She knew that was not an honest prayer, and she did not linger over it. The right prayer would have been, Lord ... I am miserable and bitter at heart, and old fears are rising up in me so that everything I do makes everything worse.

Marilynne Robinson