purpose

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Carl Jung

act

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

William James

rain

Rain may stop you from going out, but it doesn't stop you from looking inwards.

Anthony T. Hincks

wonder

Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him.

Bill Watterson

raise

Sink not to my depths, but instead raise to surface, and be the shining light for all to see.

Anthony T. Hincks

nothing

Nothing has the power to hold you in the state of pain except your own self.

Human Zuellah Ahmed

hands

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Audrey Hepburn

respect

Respect flows from eyes.

Rupal Asodaria

back

Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead.

Yvonne Woon, Dead Beautiful

reflect

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man had many -- not of your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Charles Dickens

changes

All places are the same unless your mind changes. There's no magic place to get your mind right. If you feel like shit, everything you see looks like shit.

Stephen King, Roadwork

religion

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

Edgar Allan Poe

yesterday

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

Cherokee proverb

picture

A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?

Ernest Haas

circumstance

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

Epictetus

eyelashes

If eyes are window to our soul lashes are the curtains we close for privacy.

Nicole Gadiel

reality

Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.

Leonard Cohen

fool

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

Anatole France

not

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

journeys

One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.

J.A. Konrath