“I have found that — no one in the world pities you! But perhaps you do not know the world — ah! it is very hard and cold; all the people hide their feelings and pretend to be what they are not. It is difficult to live so, and I am tired!”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“I have suffered in thine absence — the sufferings of the body that, being yet strong in spite of age, is reluctant to take leave of life. But it is past! I am as one numbed with everlasting frost — and now I feel no pain. And my mind is like a bird that poises for a while over past and present, ere…”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“There is a recurring choice in life, and it occurs at the intersection of two roads. We arrive at this place again and again. And today, you get to choose.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“We each have a unique potential that was given to us at birth, but whether or not we cultivate it is entirely up to us. In its purest sense, Must is why we are here to begin with, and choosing it is the journey of our lives.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“Over time, you will reach a point on your journey when you are so far down your path that suddenly, you will look around to see that you have created a world and this world has created you - step by step, line by line, your dream in real life.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”— Howard Thurman, amazon.com
“Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dalí.”— Salvador Dalí, amazon.com
“It is here, standing at the crossroads of Should and Must, that we feel the enormous reality of our fears, and this is the moment when many of us decide against following our intuition, turning away from that place where nothing is guaranteed, nothing is known, and everything is possible.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“Solitude is how we quiet the voices, the incessant chatter. It's how we create the necessary calm, empty spaces. Vision needs solitude. Leadership needs solitude. Courage needs solitude. Because when our choices evolve from an internal place of sure-footed, rooted knowing, we become resilient, embol…”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“When you know why you are here - what you were put on this earth to do - it is challenging to go back to life as you knew it and be satisfied. And this is why Must is elusive. This is why we avoid admitting what we want. This is why our deepest desires sit in hiding for months, years, a lifetime. An…”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“A musician must make music. An artist must paint. A poet must write. If he is to be ultimately at peace with himself, what a man can be, he must be.”— Abraham Maslow, amazon.com
“The two most important days in your life are the way you are born and the day you find out why.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“It's your life, but only if you make it so. The standards by which you live must be your own standards, your own values, your own convictions in regard to what is right and wrong, what is true and false, what is important and what is trivial.”— Eleanor Roosevelt,, amazon.com
“If you want to live the fullness of your life - if you want to be free - you must understand, first, why you are not free, what keeps you from being free.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“Must is different. Must is who we are, what we believe, and what we do when we are along with our truest, most authentic self. It's that which calls to us most deeply. It's our convictions, our passions, our deepest held urges and desires - unavoidable, undeniable, and inexplicable. Unlike Should, M…”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“There are two paths in life: should and must. We arrive at this crossroads over and over again. And everyday, we get to choose.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“"Why and I here?" I said aloud. And the room replied - "It's time to paint." The next morning, I began the hardest journey of my life - painting my dream.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.”— Joseph Campbell, amazon.com