secret

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

Socrates

gathers

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Isaac Asimov

new

You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.

Marianne Williamson

potential

Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then that life is wasted...

C.G. Jung

heaven

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Henry David Thoreau

me

All I can do is be me...whoever that is.

Bob Dylan

mixing

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

Bertold Brecht

purpose

The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Carl Jung

fearlessness

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is [the] courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions.

Aung San Suu Kyi

function

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. i shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Jack London

secret

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Marcus Aurelius

beauty

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Khalil Gibran

glory

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucius

anger

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Mark Twain

repeat

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?

Andy Warhol

happiness

Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.

Henry Thoreau

love

Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore.

Zora Neale Hurston

memory

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Michel de Montaigne

wisdom

Wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

free

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Voltaire

weapon

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

William James

wisdom

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Socrates

do not

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

The Dalai Lama

beautiful

Though we travel the world to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

optimism

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.

Helen Keller

follow

Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.

Allen Ginsberg

life

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Oscar Wilde

change

We cannot change anything unless we accept it.

C.G. Jung

drop

In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence.

Khalil Gibran

follow

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

Joseph Campbell