"Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, love does not boast, it is not proud,
does not dishonor others, is not self-seeking, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs,
love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth;
it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails, though prophecies will cease, tongues will be silenced, and knowledge will pass away..."
The First Epistle to the Corinthians
"The only thing that makes a person holy is their ability to love, believe, accept, understand, and forgive—not only others, but first and foremost themselves."
N. Soltseva, "Elixir for Joan of Arc"
"A parent should always ask themselves, 'What is my fault in this situation?' and ask forgiveness for their mistake, explaining the true reason to the child in language they can understand. A child will always forgive and learn from every mistake."
Luule Viilma
"You cannot frighten children with sternness; they cannot tolerate only lies."
Leo Tolstoy
"A mother's arms are woven from tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them."
Victor Hugo
"Human customs and laws are such that if, at the beginning of growth, in childhood, in the prime of youthful strength, when the mind and reason are highly receptive and not overburdened, when talent and abilities are flourishing—if at that time a person learns nothing in the sciences, they will not learn it later either, throughout their long life." Persian poet As-Samarkandi
"....at that time she
Was carrying a three-month burden,
And everyone knows that in those days
Even the most proper wife
Has fits of this and that,
Oh God, forbid, what fits!"
A. S. Pushkin
"One day her walk will change…
And, gratefully looking up at the heavens,
She will put on a loose dress
And believe in miracles twice as much…
Her movements will become beautiful and graceful…
Like a rose, femininity will blossom within her.
And in the world, what will truly matter
Will be dreams of the one living beneath her heart…"
Irina Samarina
"If I had been asked what attracted me, as an actress, to a modern woman, in the sixties I would have said talent, in the seventies femininity, in the eighties spirituality. And now—patience."
Alla Demidova
"Neither on the lake nor in the mountains is there a single unbroken line, a single solid color, or a single identical moment; everywhere there is movement, asymmetry, fancifulness, an endless mixture and variety of shadows and lines, and in everything there is calmness, softness, unity, and the necessity of beauty."
Leo Tolstoy, "From the Notes of Prince D. Nekhlyudov (Lucerne)"
"There is neither space nor time, but their unity." Albert Einstein
"Life has charm only when it consists of an alternation of joy and sorrow, of the struggle between good and evil, of light and shadow—in a word, of diversity in unity." Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"To act, to create, to fight against circumstances, to triumph or be defeated—that is where all the joy, all the life of a healthy person lies." Émile Zola
"When you eagerly await something, that joy usually spreads to your other hopes and feelings as well." R. Murakami
"Life is possible only through trials. Life is possible only when you have both bad and good weather, when there is both pleasure and pain, when there are both winter and summer, day and night. When there are both sadness and joy, discomfort and comfort. Life moves between two polarities.
As you move between two polarities, you learn to balance. With these two wings, you learn how to fly to the most distant stars."
Osho
"My mother used to say: ‘Never sacrifice yourself for others.’ Over the years, I understood the deeper meaning of this phrase: if you sacrifice yourself completely, nothing will remain of you. By conserving yourself and your energy, you can give a little to many people—to those who will need you tomorrow, and afterward. If you give yourself away completely, you will be emptied. Besides, not everyone is destined to be born Mother Teresa."
Karl Lagerfeld
"Devote your life to the beautiful. Do not devote it to the repulsive. You do not have so much time or so much energy that you can waste it in vain. Such a short life, such a small source of energy—it is simply foolish to spend it on anger, sadness, hatred, and jealousy." Osho
"Life is too short to spend it on trivialities." "These words," André Maurois said in the magazine This Week, "often help me during the difficult moments of my life: we often allow ourselves to become irritated by minor problems that we could simply ignore... We are allotted only a few decades of earthly life, yet we waste countless precious hours worrying about troubles that no one will even remember a year from now. No, let us devote our lives to worthwhile pursuits and feelings, great thoughts, genuine emotions, and significant deeds."
André Maurois