justification

 

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

John Kenneth Galbraith

hold on

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

Fredrich Nietzsche, "The Portable Nietzsche"

one

 

There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience.

Simone de Beauvoir

passes

 

Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and find serenity.

Surya Das

honest

 

...it is ironic, that the more honest we become the more we risk being offensive even to those we most respect.

William Williams 

terms

 

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

Joan Didion

door

 

I can only show you the door. You are the one who has to walk through it.

Morpheus

judgment

 

Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.

Albert Camus 

wound

 

What a terrible thing it is wound someone you really care for and to do it so unconsciously.

Haruki Murakami

tenderness

There is no charm equal to the tenderness of the heart.

Jane Austen

delighted

 

I'm just delighted to be living, to be able to have a simple conversation, to feel a ray of sunlight on my skin and listen to the breeze move through the leaves of a tree.

Ryuichi Sakamoto

make

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Carlos Castaneda

look

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

Voltaire

looking

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

Emily Dickinson 

insane

 

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Friedrich Nietzsche

task

 

Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature.

Albert Einstein

you

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best of yourself?

Epictetus

dwell

 

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Marcus Aurelius

more

 

The more you can dream, the more you can do.

Michael Korda

dreams

Dreams are necessary to life.

Anais Nin

sleep

Sleep is the best meditation.

Dalai Lama

seek

 

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have build against it.

Rumi

myths

 

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Joseph Campbell

eye

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Leonardo da Vinci

thoughts

The soul becomes dyed with the colors of its thoughts.

Marcus Aurelius

capitalism

Capitalism creates the problem and monetizes the solution.

Anonymous

inside

It is inside myself that I must create someone who will understand.

Clarice Lispector

trusted

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

George MacDonald

mistook

 

Like all dreams, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Jean-Paul Sartre

envision

 

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

Joy Page

dreamer

I am a dreamer. Seriously, I'm living on another planet.

Eva Green