iMandy’s most recent Quotables

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing in the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, lots of kissing. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

There are only two basic emotions: one is fear, the other is love. You may fear the disapproval of others. Take that risk and you'll discover that you receive more approval when you don't seek it than when you do.

When you have an emotional reaction to what you see, you are judging. That is your signal that you have an issue inside of yourself - with yourself - not with the other person. If you react to evil, look inside yourself for the very thing that so agitates you, and you will find it. If it were not there, you will simply discern, act appropriately, and move on.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

When the voice and the vision on the inside become more profound and more clear and loud than the opinions on the outside, you've mastered your life.

If we live out of our memory, we're tied to the past and to that which is finite. When we live out of our imagination, we're tied to that which is infinite.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines,
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.