Mahmoud Darwish Quotes

However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we can go on to be whole.

In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

My broken brilliance will shine a light in the darkness.

We need to empower ourselves and believe in ourselves, and not allow the world to take that away from us. No matter how dark we may think our world is, it's been much darker in the past, and we will make it through this.

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Don't let your wounds make you become someone you're not.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

The movie says, You can lose your job and your way and still rescue yourself. 'Larry Crowne' creates a self-excavated utopia, and I love that idea, that message.

We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we're able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

When you lose everything, and I mean everything, you sit there in this empty room in the dark, and the only person who can get you out is you.

I went through real darkness, but the ring was my light. That was the one place I felt safe. I could control what happened in the ring. My heart turned icy.

A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

Turn your scars into stars.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you - gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

As cheesy and cornball as it sounds, life does get better - if you want it to.

Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.

I found strength in what hurt me. And in my family - that's my strength as well. I'm truly grateful to be hurt as many times as I have, because I'm happy!

I wrote 'Option B' because I want other people to know it can get better, and I want to help people make it better.

I wanted people to know that I'm human, and I'm only successful because I've learned the hard way. I've been in so many dark places, but I got myself out.

I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.

We're not defined by our circumstances, and we can always find a way to rise above it.