Kamand Kojouri
341 quotes
"Wonderment shared is doubled.Love shared is infinite."
"What you choose also chooses you."
"You have to be transparent so you no longer cast a shadow but instead let the light pass through you."
"Happiness is exercising the little freedom that we have by choosing things that create harmony in our lives."
"Ignorance might be bliss. But self-forgetfulness is pure ecstasy."
"Love, they said, burns youand builds you.But with you, there’s no ash.Just light."
"Here's another poem,like all others before and after,dedicated to you.There isn't anything left to be saidbut I will spend my lifetrying to put you into words.You who is every goodness,every optimismand hope.Your love is a better fate for methan anything I could wish for.If you are a part of me, then you’re the best part.And if you're separate from me, then you are my destination.But I’ve become a weary traveller,so please,let us never be apart."
"You only feel powerless because your fear has given your power to the object of your fear. Once you realise this, you can claim it back."
"I would rather lie facedown on the ground and use my body as a bridge, than stand proud and tall and use my body as a wall."
"We cannot hunt for love. We can only surrender and become love’s prey."
"You might just find God in a mirror one day."
"I see your painas clearly as I feel my own.I will share your burden so you feel it less.Do not hate this world.Do not hate these people.I will share my hopeso you feel it more.I want you to see our loveas clearly as I feel yours."
"In the beginning was love, and love was with God, and love was God."
"Why do you feel so powerless? Go spend an hour with ants. Each of those black specks you see is a life. One whole life that you can save, take, or affect in some way. You have the power to make so many lives better. It is within you. Don’t lose sight of that."
"You want help? Ask for help. You want love? Ask for love. If you want anything from the universe, anything from yourself, you must first ask."
"You must have hope in a better future and have faith in this hope. But then you must forget your hope and focus on this moment now."
"It’s so easy to lose faith and become lost in all of the politics of the world. That’s why we need the arts. To sublimate our frustration and anger into something beautiful. Freud called sublimation a virtuous defence mechanism because it is in the arts that we can find our humanity."
"Kiss your scars. Fall in love with them. They ought to serve as life-affirming reminders—a lingering trace of hope. The only reason we have these scars is because we survived and are still here."
"Now is not the time for bigots and racists. No time for sexists and homophobes. Now, more than ever, is the time for ARTISTS. It’s time for us to rise above and to create. To show humanity. To spread hope. We must prevent society from destroying itself, from losing its way. Now is the time for love."
"The only path wide enough for us all is love."
"We live only for the hope of love."
"Wake up. If your eyes are sleeping then wipe them gently. You need to be awake for this. It is a matter of life and death. Wake up! If your mind is sleeping then shake it quickly. You need to be awake for this. It is a matter of life and death. Wake up, I said! If your heart is sleeping then beat your chest! You need to be awake for life! You need to be awake for love! It is a matter of living and being alive."
"I am looking for the one I can’t fool."
"The thing about love is that you will never run out of it. It's an ever-flowing river. So go ahead and LOVE. What are you saving all this love for — death?"
"Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?"