Miscellaneous Quotes

 

Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit - talk about your joys.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. ~ Andrew Carnegie

My real self wanders elsewhere, 

far away

wanders on and on invisibly...

Perhaps people like us cannot love. 

Ordinary people can.

~ Hermann Hesse ~

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Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
- Albert Einstein


Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. - Howard Zinn


When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion. - Ethiopian Proverb




We all need a best friend

“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.” -  https://buff.ly/2uFLbbW


“A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.” - Confucius

Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but follow no one absolutely.


Sanskrit Proverb

Look at this day, for it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the realities and verities of existence, the bliss of growth, the splendor of action, the glory of power.


For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today, well lived, makes every day a dream, a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this day.

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu


In the pursuit of learning,
every day something is acquired.
In the pursuit of Tao,
every day something is dropped.
Less and less is done
Until non-action is achieved.

Beginner's Mind

The world_s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focussed on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts. 

 “It’s beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. It means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti 

”Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Dick

Music is the literature of the heart, it commences where speech ends. 

       - Alphonse de Lamartine