insane

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Edgar Allan Poe

perfection

Have no fear of perfection. You'll never reach it.

Salvador Dali

grander

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.

Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables"

careless

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

Albert Einstein

hard

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

Coco Chanel

throw

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Norman Vincent Peale

end

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

T.S. Eliot

better

It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.

Gaston Bachelard

sunlight

O, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on earth.

Roman Payne

beauty

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Confucius

judge

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Malcolm S. Forbes

change

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Wayne Dwyer

misery

Misery is feeling estranged from people I love. Misery is also not working. The two seem to go together.

Joan Didion

still

Learning to be still, to really be still and let life happen, that stillness becomes a radiance.

Morgan Freeman

because

Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present.

Stephen King, "Doctor Sleep"

actions

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing there will be no results.

Mahatma Gandhi

feel

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

John C. Maxwell

friend

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Helen Keller

under construction

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction', but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.

Jose Saramago

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

door

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

Graham Greene

anxiety

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Kahlil Gibran

poverty

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

Mother Teresa

move on

Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on.

Carrie Underwood

feeling

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, And my spirit is crying for leaving.

Led Zeppelin, "Stairway to Heaven"

faculty

It is a happy faculty of the mind to slough that which conscience refuses to assimilate.

William Faulkner

art

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Pablo Picasso

some

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.

Roger Miller

allow

Like wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.

E.V.

find

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Joseph Campbell

autumn

Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.

Friedric Nietzsche

felt

A person has not seen a thing who has not felt it.

Henry David Thoreau

you

What worries you, masters you.

John Locke

justice

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

Benjamin Franklin

accepting

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.

Bette Davis

thorns

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

Abraham Lincoln

corner

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

J.R.R. Tolkien

if

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

Toni Morrison

first

The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.

Gloria Steinem

real

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

Tupac Shakur

own

The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation.

Stephen Richards

simplicity

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

you

You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will.

Stephen King

follow

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

Joseph Campbell

breath

breath in. breath out. there is nothing between the two.

kimeda-sensei

shame

Shame is a soul eating emotion.

C.G. Jung

outdated

Adults are just outdated children.

Dr. Seuss

object

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Marcus Aurelius

led

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

successful

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others have thrown at him.

David Brinkley