Life Affirming

A glorious failure can

A glorious failure can sometimes be more life affirming than a cautious win. Elizabeth Gilbert

I love to make music that makes people feel mood-enhancing, life-affirming brilliance but I just make whatever comes out at the time and sometimes it’s up and sometimes it down and sometimes it sideways with a hint of s smile. Eliza Doolittle

The wreckage of stars

The wreckage of stars – I built a world from this wreckage. Friedrich Nietzsche

You will be a

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which ‘clicks.’ Florence Scovel Shinn

A healthy society is

A healthy society is life-affirming. Homosexuality is the metaphysical negation of life. Incapable of reproduction (giving life), it can replenish its numbers only by seduction. Don Feder

There is always money

There is always money to kill people. There is never enough money for life affirming ends. Derrick Jensen

Never ever discount the

Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what’s more life-affirming than cold, hard cash? Dennis Miller

Awards movies are normally

Awards movies are normally sort of… life-affirming and noble. It’s probably too much of an intellectual conceit and, you know, people don’t like it when you don’t lead the bad guy off in cuffs. David Fincher

The surest sign that

The surest sign that you’re working with the life-affirming kind of discipline, rather than the spirit-depressing kind, is that you don’t complain very much about doing what it takes. Danielle LaPorte

Knowing how you actually

Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have. Generating those feelings is the most powerfully creative thing you can do with your life. And not only do we have to put our feelings at the heart of our ambitions, we have to pursue our desires … Read more