“I’m learning that the system doesn’t match up to what we were taught. According to theory, the defendant should always have the advantage. Our clients are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. The burden of proof lies with the prosecutor. But that’s only in theory.”Tagged: Law, Lawyer, Crime, Justice
“When someone called me a hero, I wanted to prove them right. When someone called me a devil, I wanted to prove them wrong. It took a lot of self-examination to realize that I was neither. There is a fullness to a person that is gigantic and nuanced and indefinable. It was equally impossible to be a…”Tagged: Self Discovery, Growing Pains, Perspective, Deep Thoughts
“For every time you say that there's a purpose behind one person's success, you invalidate billions of people. You say there is a purpose to their suffering. And that's just cruel.”Tagged: God, Religion, Faith, Catholic
“If a plane crashes, and one person survives, everyone thanks God. They say: 'God had a purpose for that person. God saved her for a reason!' Do we not realize how cruel that is? Do we not realize how cruel it is to say that if God had a purpose for that person, he also had a purpose in killing…”Tagged: God, Religion, Faith, War, Hopelessness
“I'm an ordained pastor. But it's just stopped making sense to me. You see people doing terrible things in the name of religion, and you think: 'Those people believe just as strongly as I do. They're just as convinced as I am.' And it just doesn't make sense anymore. It doesn't make sense to believe…”Tagged: God, Religion, Faith
“They thought that children should be seen and not heard. In their world, you're not supposed to have feelings or opinions until you turn eighteen.”Tagged: Childhood, Child Abuse
“We’re the worst terrorists in the world and it was a long time coming. This entire country was built on the slaughter of innocents.”Tagged: America, War, Terrorism, Colonization
“The leaders would nod their heads, and say ‘thank you very much,’ but then nothing would change. Unless there was an economic benefit, nobody cared about protecting children, or empowering women, or stopping genocide.”Tagged: Leadership, Corruption, Poverty, War
“But at night it’s a little tougher because it’s quieter and darker. And without all the noise around you, you sort of realise it’s just you.”Tagged: Humans of New York, Depression, Darkness, Loneliness, Companionship
“Don’t look to other people for validation. Your birth was your validation.”Tagged: Inspirational, Self love, Growing Pains, Empowering, Finding Yourself
“When somebody else comes along and makes you feel like something special — it’s like catnip. You want more of it. You want to say: ‘Let’s get lunch sometime.’ But in the end, you are what you are no matter how somebody makes you feel. It’s just a feeling.”Tagged: Identity, Cheating, Marriage, Relationships, Companionship
“I feel like the only way to keep moving is to stay numb.”Tagged: Empty, Numb, Life, Tired, perseverance
“I get way too sensitive when I get attached to someone. I can detect the slightest change in the tone of their voice, and suddenly I’m spending all day trying to figure out what I did wrong.”Tagged: Social Anxiety, Relationships, Clingy, Dating, Humans of New York
“I'm afraid that something will reveal itself once we’ve exchanged our vows, and suddenly my life will be worse than when I was alone.”Tagged: Humans of New York, Life, Marriage, Commitment, Love
“You'll never change your life until you change something you do each day. The secret to success is in daily routine.”
“More moving. Less complaining. More creating. Less scrolling. More documenting. Less spending.”Tagged: Minimalism & Simplicity, Philosophy