truth

People hate the truth. Luckily, the truth doesn't care.

Larry Winger

stars

For my part I know nothing with certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

Vincent Van Gogh

don't

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Coco Chanel

honesty

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Thomas Jefferson

not hear

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

Nietzsche

kindness

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. 

Mark Twain

one round

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Ben Hogan

fade

Dreams fade away because we can't tolerate the short term pain necessary to get to our long term goal.

Seth Godin

choose

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely. 

Anonymous

enough

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

John F. Kennedy

journey

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

Ursula K. Le Guin

same

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Heraclitus

imagination

Your imagination is a preview of life's coming attractions.

Albert Einstein

who see

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.

Plato

lovely

Lovely days don't come to you, you should walk to them.

Rumi

one corner

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self.

Aldous Huxley

not all

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

inspire

Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death, but to inspire yourself to life.

Adele Brookman

change

We are the change we have been waiting for.

Barack Obama

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believe

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

let

Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr 

ego

As long as the ego runs your life, most of your thoughts, emotions and actions arise from desire and fear.

Eckhart Tolle

dreams

Dreams are difficult to build and easy to destroy.

Seth Godin

sunset

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. 

Rabindranath Tagore

shine

Let your soul's Inner Light shine forth in all its beauty.

united universal lightworkers

one

It only takes one person to change your life -- you.

Ruth Casey

happiness

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

William Morris

connect

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.

Herman Melville

time

Time heals what reason cannot.

Seneca

obliged

Truth is stranger than fiction, but is is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't.

Mark Twain

interpretation

There are no facts, only interpretation.

Friedrich Nietzsche

secrets

If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.

Tesla

time

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.  

Carl Sandburg

grow

Don't go through life. Grow through life.

Eric Butterworth

we

Alone we can do little; together we can do so much.

Helen Keller

between

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Italian Proverb

without

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Fredrich Nietzsche

practice

To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it. 

Kurt Vonnegut

2013

The conquest of oneself is better than the conquest of all others.

Lord Buddha


Happy New Year!!! may 2013 be filled with peace and hope!!

suppresses

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.

Jorge Luis Borges

throw

I will throw myself into the stream of possibilities, knowing that I will float, that I am enough.

Lene Basma

lesson

The lesson one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it's teaching.

Salman Rushdie

petty

Petty things take up all your energy, thoughts and time. No more of that. Love and Forget. This is the only thing that matters.  Love, always try to love.

Meher Baba

quieter

The quieter you become... the more your are able to hear.

Rumi

power

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

Charles Caleb Colton

calm

He was as calm as a god who has seen both life and death, and seen nothing of particular importance in either of them.

William Faulkner

go

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

space

Some things look negative on the surface, but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

Eckhart Tolle

superior

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Confucius

light

We can easily forgive the child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Plato