He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (via philphys)

Being betrayed by someone you love isn’t nearly as painful as betraying yourself.

What we think, we become.

— The Buddha  (via philphys)

(Source: ageofreason, via philphys)