- Conquer the angry man by love. Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness. Conquer the liar with truth. The Dhammapada
- A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise. Zig Ziglar
- People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. Winnie the Pooh (A. A. Milne)
- Wisdom tells me I am nothing, love tells me I am everything. Between the two, my life flows. Nisargadatta
- No matter how much you try to hold on to something, it will all be gone. Taoist proverb
- Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not other, it is your own mind. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Slow reading, most enjoyable reading. Slow learning, deepest understanding. Slow to conclusions, deepest thinking. Rushing can make you waste time and life. @orangebook_
- Your desire for pleasure or happiness makes you unhappy. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is ignorance. Zhuangzi
- If you follow wisdom, fun follows you. If you follow fun, misery follows you. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us. Friedrich Nietzsche
- The power of man’s virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doings. Blaise Pascal
- Brief is man’s life and small the nook of the Earth where he lives; brief, too, is the longest posthumous fame, buoyed only by a succession of poor human beings who will very soon die and who know little of themselves, much less of someone who died long ago. Marcus Aurelius
- The only shame is to have none. Blaise Pascal
- Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde
- Craziness is good. Crazy people are happy, free, they have no hindrance. But since you have many attachment, you are only a little crazy. This is not crazy enough. You must become completely crazy. Then you will understand. Seungsahn
- Recognize and honor your uniqueness. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Thich Nhat Hanh
- Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it. Osho
- In a society that profits from your self-doubt, liking yourself is a rebellious act. Caroline Caldwell
- Where does a thought go when it’s forgotten? Sigmund Freud
- Little things console us because little things afflict us. Blaise Pascal
- If you don’t crave for joy, misery won’t touch you. If you don’t crave for peace, nothing will disturb you. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in. Shannon L. Alder
- Darkness is an absence of light. Ego is an absence of awareness. Osho
- Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society. Mark Twain
- I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think. Socrates
- If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. Thich Nhat Hanh
- Three treasures I cherish: The first is fathomless love, the second is frugality, and the third is reluctance to lead. Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching)
- Everything happens for me, not to me. Byron Katie