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Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.
I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.
The most successful people in the world aren't usually the brightest. They are the ones who persevere.
To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.
It's a great life, and Margaret and I are going to stay put above the Arctic Circle where we're happy.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Possessiveness destroys love. And they should not be possessed, because that again destroys your love.
When we postpone the harvest, the fruit rots, but when we postpone our problems, they keep on growing.
I always tell the kids, You know what's great about going the extra mile? There's very little traffic.
I shall live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
This whole moment is the groin Of a borborygmic giant who even now Is rolling over on us in his sleep.
Oft in my way have I stood still, though but a casual passenger, so much I felt the awfulness of life.
Life is the twofold internal movement of composition and decomposition at once general and continuous.
if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.
I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you.
Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name; it's beautiful, wonderful, don't you ever change.
Sometimes while you wait for what you think is better, Philomene said, what is good enough slips away.
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
Since the dawn of time man understands that suffering, faced with no fear, is his passport to freedom.
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.
Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.
When the people call Earth 'Mother,' they take with love and with love give back so that all may live.
... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.
What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over.
It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.
People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you.
Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.
Some of the greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
The opportunities of living are diminished in proportion as what are called the "means" are increased.
Anticlimax is, of course, the warp and way of things. Real life seldom structures a decent denouement.
In order to succeed, you can't be afraid to fail. Just do it and don't let anybody tell you you can't.
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'
Sometimes Evil pursues the Warrior of the Light, and when it does, he calmly invites it into his tent.
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.
There are people in life, who show you how to live. There are people in life, who show you how to die.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
For an individual as well as for a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily.
There are two rules in life: Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: Everything is small stuff.