friends

I cannot even image where I would be today were not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it friends make life a lot more fun.

Charles Swindoll

reality

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Albert Einstein

earth

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

Mahatma Gandhi

hide

You can hide things from the world, but you can never hide things from time.

Kim Dong Hwa

what it

In my experience, nothing is ever what it seems to be, but everything is exactly what it is.

Buckaroo Banzai

appreciation

Those who always have a sense of appreciation and gratitude never reach in impasse in life.

Daisaku Ikeda

death

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.


Haruki Murakami, "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman:24 Stories"

enemy

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

Stephen Hawking

some

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow...

Louise May Alcott, "Little Women"

listening

I started listening to the teaching of my soul.

Rumi

everything

Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.

Frida Kahlo

shine

The light in your soul is far greater than the darkness. Shine your light.

Lailah Gifty Akita

spring

It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.

Rainer Maria Rilke

genius

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

Albert Einstein

life

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

Ernest Holmes

soul

Your soul dreams those dreams; not your body, not your mind. Those dreams come true.

Native American tradition

all

I am a part of all that I have met.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

curiosity

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Thomas Hobbes

road

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Romanian proverb

inside

It's not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it's what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.

Anthony Liccione

inhabitants

The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: those with brains, but no religion, and those with religion, but no brains.

Al-Ma'arri, 973-1058 CE

lost

I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be.

Joan Didion, 'On Keeping a Notebook'

control

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

George Orwell

decision

A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.

Paulo Coelho

magic

You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic.

Mad Hatter, "Alice in Wonderland"

if

If you understand everything, you must be misinformed.

Japanese proverb

begins

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Harriet Tubman

no one

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

tolerant

Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance.

Elder Wisdom

plant

Plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom.

Ken Kesey

soul

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Marcus Aurelius

away

Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.

Pema Chodron

castles

If you have built castles in the air, you work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Henry David Thoreau

miracle

The miracle is this: the more we share, the more we have.

Leonard Nimoy

value

Your value does not decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth.

Anonymous

never

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

Albert Einstein

fear

Often the fear of falling keeps us from jumping into the unknown. However, more often than not, its the very risk that will save us.

Luanne Dietz

generosity

Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.

The Dalai Lama XIV

peace

Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.

David Avocado Wolfe

eye

The eye should learn to listen before it looks.

Robert Frank

never

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

C.S. Lewis

not

We are not on this planet to ask forgiveness of our deities.

Scott Cunningham

come

So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never plannd. and your heart will fly on wings...forever...

J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan: Fairy Tales

heaven

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

Henry David Thoreau, Walden

if

If you believe it will work out, you'll see opportunities. If you believe it won't you will see obstacles.

Wayne Dyer

destroyed

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.

Albert Einstein

listen

Listen to many, speak to a few.

William Shakespeare

dusk

Dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.

Simon Raven

gratitude

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.

Eckhart Tolle

discovery

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Marcel Proust