{"author":"Seth Adam Smith","author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith","total_quotes":79,"quotes":[{"text":"Oh, my child, can you not see? You must let go of yourself. For if a seed wishes to live, it must sacrifice itself and grow outward, not inward.","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["gardening","gardening-as-therapy","growth","sacrifice","seed","selfishness","selflessness"],"id":10764,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"},{"text":"You cannot defeat darkness by running from it, nor can you conquer your inner demons by hiding them from the world. In order to defeat the darkness, you must bring it into the light.","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["darkness-and-light","darkness-within","defeat-the-darkness","inner-demons","light","light-and-darkness","light-within"],"id":30984,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"},{"text":"When we're constantly thinking about ourselves, our world shrinks.","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["abundance","joy","life","self-centeredness","selfishness","selflessness","seth-adam-smith"],"id":33108,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"},{"text":"In the quiet of the graveyard, the couple knelt together in soul-stretching silence—wishing, waiting, hoping, praying.","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["graveyard","grief","grieving-parents","hope","loss","love","parental-love","parenting","prayer"],"id":39026,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"},{"text":"Helping someone feel they belong is a magic all its own.","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["belong","belonging","helping-others","magic","service","serving-others","true-magic"],"id":41783,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"},{"text":"Have you spent so much time in the darkness that you cannot understand the light?","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["darkness","light","light-and-darkness","power-of-darkness","power-of-light"],"id":42380,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"},{"text":"Our lives are a journey. As we move forward, we will not only figuratively experience the geography of life: the exhilaration of high mountains, the tranquility of calm meadows, the isolation of treacherous canyons, but we will also experience the seasons of life: the hope of spring, the abundance of summer, the harvest of autumn, and yes, the darkness and depression of winter.","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["depression","journey","moving-forward","seasons-of-life"],"id":51186,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"},{"text":"Most of the people of this world are asleep in their minds.","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["asleep","awake","awoke","mindfulness","rip-van-winkle"],"id":55971,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"},{"text":"There are no shortcuts through the wilderness of life.","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["journey","journey-of-life","journeys","life","shortcuts","wilderness","wilderness-of-life"],"id":61002,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"},{"text":"Our joy in life is inexorably determined by the degree to which we love.","author":"Seth Adam Smith","tags":["joy","love","loving-others","the-power-of-love"],"id":62317,"author_id":"Seth+Adam+Smith"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":79,"pages":8,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}