things i’m not wise enough to understand

Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration? Does gold, or ivory, or purple? A lyre or a dagger, a rosebud or a sapling? Marcus Aurelius, Meditations: Book IV. (via xshayarsha)

Sometimes, you just can’t have what you want, but it doesn’t mean that you can never have it. Everything takes place at the right time. Unknown (via deeplifequotes)