Michael Jackson photo

“If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Source: Song Man in the Mirror
Context: I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

Mikhail Lermontov photo

“I want to reconcile myself with heaven,
I want to love, I want to pray,
I want to believe in good.”

Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841) Russian writer, poet and painter

"The Demon" (1830)
Poems

Mikhail Lermontov photo

“…man, this ruler over general evil,
With a perfidious heart, with a lying tongue…”

Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841) Russian writer, poet and painter

"The Cemetery" (1830)
Poems

Mikhail Lermontov photo
Mikhail Lermontov photo
Mikhail Lermontov photo
John Wesley photo

“Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike? May we not be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all doubt, we may. Herein all the children of God may unite, notwithstanding these smaller differences.”

John Wesley (1703–1791) Christian theologian

Sermon 39 Catholic Spirit http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/sermons/39/ from the 1872 edition of Wesley's Complete Works - Thomas Jackson, editor
Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)

Michael Jackson photo
Michael Jackson photo

“Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it — my music, I know I will live forever.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

On his musical work
Ebony interview (2007)

Michael Jackson photo

“Billie Jean is not my lover,
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one,
But the kid is not my son.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Billie Jean
Thriller (1982)

Michael Jackson photo

“Get on the floor and dance with me,
I love the way you shake your thing especially.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Get on the Floor (co-written with Louis Johnson)
Off the Wall (1979)

Michael Jackson photo
Michael Jackson photo
Michael Jackson photo

“Love is a feeling,
Give it when I want it,
'Cause I'm on fire,
Quench my desire,
Love is a woman,
I don't want to give in,
Give in to me, give in to me.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Give In To Me
Dangerous (1991)

John of the Cross photo

“Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.”

John of the Cross (1542–1591) Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint

The Sayings of Light and Love

John of the Cross photo

“Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it; reflect that all must come to an end.”

John of the Cross (1542–1591) Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint

The Sayings of Light and Love

Cassandra Clare photo

“To love something is to destroy it forever.”

Source: City of Fallen Angels

Cassandra Clare photo
Cassandra Clare photo