{"quotes":[{"text":"To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["accept","acceptance","answer","ask","begin","better","betterment","compassion","compassionate","condition","conversations","converse","empathy","friend","friendship","good","hear","improvement","judge","judgement","judgment","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kind","kindness","know","knowledge","kojouri","listen","listener","love","love","lover","mindful","mindfulness","ourselves","quote","quotes","reply","reserve","respond","self","self-help","self-improvement","self-love","sincerely"],"id":1026,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"Ian ' she said quietly 'I'd rather die than go back to you.' 'Be careful what you ask for you may get what you want.","author":"Amanda Stephan","tags":["amanda-stephan","ask","dying","get-what-you-want","the-price-of-trust","threatening"],"id":5441,"author_id":"Amanda+Stephan"},{"text":"Our daily prayer ought to be: Please universe, help me help myself and help me show others how to help themselves.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["advise","allah","ask","believer","buddha","christ","communion","daily","divine","faith","god","guidance","guide","help","helping","jesus","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kojouri","mantra","motto","motto-of-life","please","pray","prayer","religion","religious","service","show","spiritual","spirituality","universe","worship"],"id":8481,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"He wondered about himself (whether he was broken, or special, or better, or worse) and about other people (whether they were really all as stupid as they seemed).","author":"Victoria Schwab","tags":["ask","better","broken","discover","himself","other","people","ponder","question","special","stupid","truth","wonder","worse","you","yourself"],"id":10468,"author_id":"Victoria+Schwab"},{"text":"Only poor people are corrupt. If you don't believe me, just go and ask a rich person.","author":"Anthony T. Hincks","tags":["ask","believe","believe-me","corrupt","people","philosophy","poor","rich"],"id":13117,"author_id":"Anthony+T.+Hincks"},{"text":"If you ask, you shall receive what you desire.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["ask","inspirational","pray","seek","wishes"],"id":14157,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"We can find the answers will seek in books.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["advice","answers","ask","asking-questions","book","daily-inspiration","daily-life","education","finding-yourself","philosophy","question","read","seeking","self-motivation","wise"],"id":17634,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Why do they lie?” she asked herself aloud. “They say time makes losing someone you loved easier to deal with, but it only makes it worse.","author":"Rebecca McNutt","tags":["aloud","ask","bereavement","deal","death-dying","death-of-a-friend","death-of-a-loved-one","easy","grief","lie","loss","love","mourning","saying","time","worse"],"id":25309,"author_id":"Rebecca+McNutt"},{"text":"He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes, He who never asks is a fool forever.","author":"Anonymous","tags":["ask","fool","forever","minute","question"],"id":28312,"author_id":"Anonymous"},{"text":"You ought to search the Scriptures yourself, to discover the glorious gospel.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["ask","bible","bible-study","christianity","curious","discover","educational-philosophy","faith","find-yourself","holy-writing","hope","inspirational","knowledge","motivation","religion","scriptures","search","seek","seeking-fate","self-study","spiritual","wisdom","wisdom-of-lailah-gifty-akita","your-self"],"id":35070,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":173,"pages":18,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}