Violet Rose

Writing is my air, my bread, my daily bed. If I do not write, I will wither.



Because even Writers' Cafe has its creeps, I'll leave you with some quotes that have been important to me throughout my life and you can message me if you want to know me more. I do not accept friend requests from people who I don't know personally and aren't fans of my writing.

"Do unto others as you would have done to you." - The Golden Rule

"Not all who wander are lost." - Tolkien

"A clear conscience is usually the result of poor memory." - ?

"Where there is a will, there is a way." - ?

"Parting is such sweet sorrow." - Shakespeare

"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." - Andre Gide

"Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying." - Baba Ram Dass

"I am a part of all that I have met." - Alfred Lord Tennyson

"There's more to the truth than just the facts." - Anonymous

"It doesn't matter what religion you're of, but rather that you're a good person in life." - Carissa P.

"It is easy to stand a pain, but difficult to stand an itch." - Chang Ch'ao

"We often repent the good we have done as well as the ill." - William Hazlitt

"The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal." - Astrid Alauda

"If to love and lost is better than never to have loved at all, then ignorance is not bliss." Also, "Sometimes the only person that wants to listen is an empty piece of paper." - Michael, my brother

"Kindness is the greatest revenge."

"No one can hurt me without my permission."

"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ."

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

"Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart."

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.

(The last bunch were by the great Ghandi.)

"All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else."

"An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind."

"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace."

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."

"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule."

"Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little."

"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye."

"He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes."

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?"

"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."

"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."

"It is better to travel well than to arrive."

"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue."

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful."

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."

"The tongue is like a sharp knife and kills without drawing blood."

"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed."

"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve."

"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."

"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

"Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good."

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

"You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger."

Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.

(All of the above, after Ghandi, are quotes by the great Buddha.)

It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

If not now, then when? - ?

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

People often say that motivation doesnt last. Well, neither does bathing. Thats why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly." - ?

"Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evils but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." - I Corinthians 13: 4-7

"The time to be happy is now." - ?

"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive." - Matthew 21:22

"Lord make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow Love. Where there is injury, Pardon. Where there is error, Truth. Where there is discord, Harmony. Where there is doubt, Faith. Where there is despair, Hope. Where there is darkness, Light. Where there s sorrow, Joy." - St. Francis of Assisi

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." - ?

"And all shall be well." - Julian of Norwich

"The measure of love is to love without measure." - St. Francis de Sales

"Shoot for the stars. If you don't reach them, at least you'll land on the moon." - Children's Verse

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the power to overcome it." - The Princess Diaries

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. Elbert Hubbard. "There is no failure except in no longer trying."

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie

"Almost all accidents occur within five minutes of your home." - the DMV

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Greatest success comes just one step beyond the point at which defeat overtakes you.

A Quitter never wins and a Winner never quits. Napoleon Hill

Winning means being unafraid to lose. Fran Tarkenton

Its been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. -Henry Ford

Success is not built on success. Its built on failure. Its built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe. Sumner Redstone Chairman

Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things. Randy Pausch

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. Booker T. Washington

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. Anthony J. DAngelo

I havent failed. Ive found 10,000 ways that dont work. Thomas Edison, when inventing the first commercial light bulb.

The world is perfect as it is, including my desire to change it. -Ram Dass

"Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground."

"He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride."

"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?"

"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. . .I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong."

"I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!"

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."

"If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal."

"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one." (as sung by Maynard as well)

"Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."

"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."

"Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow."

"My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all."

"Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem." [Whatever you cannot give freely possesses you, as quoted by another person.]

"Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip."

"The more I see the less I know for sure."

"There's nothing you can know that isn't known."

"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."

"We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it."

"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me;' you just scream."

"You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!"

*"You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die."

(The last group were by John Lennon.)






Inspiring Poems:


First Lesson by Philip Booth

Lie back daughter, let your head
be tipped back in the cup of my hand.
Gently, and I will hold you. Spread
your arms wide, lie out on the stream
and look high at the gulls. A dead-
man's float is face down. You will dive
and swim soon enough where this tidewater
ebbs to the sea. Daughter, believe
me, when you tire on the long thrash
to your island, lie up, and survive.
As you float now, where I held you
and let go, remember when fear
cramps your heart what I told you:
lie gently and wide to the light-year
stars, lie back, and the sea will hold you.

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You don't just create compelling stories, you see them as clearly as a movie in your mind. You have a knack for details and dialogue. You can really make a character come to life. Chances are, you enjoy creating all types of stories. The joy is in the storytelling. And nothing would please you more than millions of people seeing your story on the big screen!

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