Ben Mikaelson Quotes

“He turned to Edwin. “You know, the stuff you just told me makes more sense than all the weird things the counselors and psychologist have told me in school and at the detention center.”

“Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself.”

“all my parents do is drink. They hate me. Do you know what it’s like waking up every morning knowing you’re not good enough? there are only two things wrong with me-everything I do and everything I say. They’ll never be happy until I’m dead”

“What you focus on becomes reality. Everybody carries anger inside. But also happiness. Those who focus on anger will always be angry. Those who focus on happiness will-”

“People change two ways --- with slow persistent pressure, or with a single and sudden traumatic experience.”

“How much of the world did people miss because they were not calm enough, empty enough, to experience it?”

“Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it.”

“Why live if you can’t help others and make the world a better place?”

“Animals can teach us more about ourselves than any teacher.”

“Happiness, like anger, is also a habit. You learn to be happy one day at a time. But habits change hard.”

“Being invisible had nothing to do with being seen. Being invisible meant not being sensed or felt.”

“Do you know what it’s like waking up every morning knowing you’re not good enough? There are only two things wrong with me—everything I do and everything I say. They’ll never be happy until I’m dead.”