See, it’s not that I’m jealous of others. I just don’t understand why they can be happy and I can’t.

As long as she persisted in her belief that bafflement justified her actions, she felt confident no one would contradict her.

Confusion and doubt are an important part of faith.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

I’ve a long time trying to lovea brother whose only way of touching me is pain.A long time escaping into music.Practice, lessons, rehearsals that protect mefrom the hurting parts of life.I’ve been winning awards, applause,acclaim for my trumpets since I was in grade school.But love?The word catches in my throat. Do I love anything?Have i...

With mindfulness we have the choice of responding with compassion to the pain of craving, anger, fear and confusion. Without mindfulness we are stuck in the reactive pattern and identification that will inevitably create more suffering and confusion.

To die old with a young mind is such a tragedy. Naiveness was never a blessing.

What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,That he should weep for her?

There’s obviously a lot of confusion at the start of any major new program, but the real test will come in 9 or 10 months when seniors have made the selection of a plan and some of the initial kinks have been worked out.

God is always trying to give blessings to us, but our minds are usually too full to receive them.

Do we have a hand mirror?’ I asked from the kitchen doorway.’Never use one,’ said Lester, examining the date on a carton of sour cream.’Naturally, you’re a male. What you see is what you’ve got,’ I said resentfully.’Huh?’ said Lester.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

Feelings are something you have; not something you are.

Intelligence is not expecting people to understand what your intent is; it is anticipating how it will be perceived.

When the person you love can’t see your love for them beneath the painful things you say when they reject you, remember this: Love is blind.

Sometimes you can’t figure out the truth because you’re asking people that are emotionally or socially invested in you to be brutally honest. Often family or friends will tell you what you want to hear, or what they want to believe because of their emotional investment in the situation. Instead of circling the drain with...

I don’t know where I’m going on this path. I don’t know what I’m doing with my life. You had to be lost, before you could be found. These are the truths. You had to be confused, before you could find clarity; you had to suffer, before you could find peace. These were the only...

It’s hard to know whether to laugh or to cry at the human predicament. Here we are with so much wisdom and tenderness, and—without even knowing it—we cover it over to protect ourselves from insecurity. Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon...

It’s a profusion of confusion.

Every woman’s menopause experience is unique. That’s where the confusion comes from. People experience symptoms at different times.

I’m a Canada walnut… WHAT?!

If a palmist grasp my palm, and look into it, without seeing a single line, what would he read?

…for each of us sees clarity only in those ideas which have the same degree of confusion as his own.

How hard we work to overburden and overcomplicate our lives!

Too many are sorry where they should be assertive, and nearly moved to aggressive radical action, where they should be apologizing to themselves first, and then the world at large.

We are so confused till a state that we do not know where we are standing …

To whomever is writing this book, what do you want from me? I need to know my calling. Why was I chosen? Why not Lee? Why not Susan March? Why me? What is my purpose? Please let it be more than to destroy a life and embarrass another. I need to know. I am suffering....

One way to be sure you are not making the wrong decision, is to lookvertically upwards

To be given permission to be confused — and remain confused — for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift.

Was I happy? Maybe more content thanbouncing-off-the-sofa-like-Tom-Cruise-ecstatic, but that’s still happy isn’t it?

Samsa certainly had no idea what lay ahead. He was in the dark about everything: the future, of course, but the present and the past as well . What was right, and what was wrong? Just learning how to dress was a riddle.

Ultimately, we believe one standard is far preferable to multiple standards. Consumers will delay their purchase if there’s confusion, and that results in a market stagnation for everyone.

The confusing lesson whipped Frankie’s anger into something she had never felt before. It was like an emotional meringue – the airy feeling of loneliness topped with the hard crisp of injustice. Yet its taste was far from sweet.

whenthings turns upside down, think it over and let new come apace

Starting Monday, I think we’re going to get into a downturn. There’s so much confusion in the market. The world economies are in turmoil. Washington is in turmoil. There’s too much out there for the market to ignore.

One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.

It is easier to exploit and manipulate people if they are fearful or confused, (and discouraged from trusting their own judgment). Our investigation identifies the ‘policy of prohibition’ as a major source of ignorance, fear and confusion concerning psychoactive substances, their uses, users, effects and outcomes.

In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would be a product dependent upon cause and effect and therefore liable to dissolution. Anything which is created must, sooner or later, die. If enlightenment were created in such a way, there would always...

Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore

You may think that you are well, but you will not secure health until you think thoughts that produce health. You may persistently affirm that you are well, but so long as you live in discord, confusion, worry, fear and other wrong states of mind, you will be sick; that is, you will be as...

Gin is a confusing drink. It’s the only liquid that’s both wet and dry.

Add smoke, not fire. You want to confuse your competition, not kill them.

His mind scolded him for his stupidity and urged him to forget her but his heart had no justifications for its stand. It remained unmoved, its solidarity unaffected, its arrogance still holding.

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

Confused? Confusion is good. It’s an excellent place to learn something new from.

They did a great job of causing confusion and stopping the run, and putting guys in position to make plays.

Now I’m dreaming, will I ever find you now?I walk in circles but I’ll never figure outWhat I mean to you, do I belongI try to fight this but I know I’m not that strongAnd I feel so helpless hereWatch my eyes are filled with fearTell me do you feel the sameHold me in your...

My mind, brightened by the lights and the cheerful tumult, suddenly grasped the fact that all achievement was a placing of emphasis– a moulding of the confusion of life into form.

Whaaaaaat is going on?” May whispered out of the corner of her mouth.”I’m sort of comforted by the fact that I can’t figure it out,” Jack responded.

There are two ways to become popular; either by setting the cat amongst the pigeons or by getting the cat out of the midst of the pigeons. The latter is better!