“If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!”
 ― Rudyard Kipling, If: A Father's Advice to His Son

A Life of Wonder
"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its
best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest
battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting." E.
E. Cummings

If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too

much space. Stephen Hunt

'If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return,
they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.'
Kahlil Gibran

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a

gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bill
Keane

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again.

Fail better." Samuel Beckett

“You do or you do not, there is no try.” Master Yoda

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single

step” Lao Tzu

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words;

watch your words, they become your actions;
watch your actions, they become your habits;
watch your habits, they become your character;
watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” ― Lao
Tzu

“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at

your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be
quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to
you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy
at your feet.” ― Franz Kafka
 “Success consists of going from failure to failure without
loss of enthusiasm” attributed to Winston Churchill

“It is true that the truth is in the middle, but almost

never it is exactly in the middlle.”

“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far,

go together”; however what they don’t say is that most of
the times people go together and they don’t go far, they
only go slow.

Most of the times, the solution to a problem is inside it.

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and

what you do are in harmony" – Mahatma Gandhi

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken" – Oscar

Wilde

“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” —Bob
Marley

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love

like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey

"I've learned that people will forget what you said,

people will forget what you did, but people will never forget
how you made them feel," Maya Angelou

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again,

but expecting different results.” ― Narcotics Anonymous

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as

though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though
everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein
 “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating
yourself.” ― George Bernard Shaw

“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso

Reality is perception: some create it, others accept it.

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you

must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful

about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother
Night

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with

a lie.” ― Khaled Hosseini

“The one you love and the one who loves you are
never, ever the same person.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible
Monsters

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science

gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ―
Isaac Asimov

“If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take
you there” ― George Harrison

"Life is a journey, not a destination," a quote attributed

to Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be

led by the dreams in your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The
Light in the Heart

"A life lived in fear is a life half-lived" is a widely known

quote by the Australian director Baz Luhrmann
 Spanish proverb, "Vivir con miedo es vivir a media,"
which translates to "To live with fear is to live a life half-
lived"

“Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind,

the race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.” Baz
Luhrmann

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more

honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing
nothing.” ― George Bernard Shaw

“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are

these, 'It might have been.” ― John Greenleaf Whittier

"A friend is a single soul dwelling in two bodies" Ancient

Greek Wisdom

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be

happy—it's all that matters.” ― Audrey Hepburn

“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think,

more talented than you know, and capable of more than
you imagine.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live

the life of your dreams according to your vision and
purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of
others.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"When in doubt, don't" is a pithy saying attributed to

Benjamin Franklin.

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but

if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall
end in certainties.
 'You treat me good, I'll treat you better. You treat me
bad, I'll treat you worse. And when in doubt, knock 'em out.
'

“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days,

sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a
whole lifetime...” ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and

grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Don't Just
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the
Heart

“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are
or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It
is what you think about it.” ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win
Friends & Influence People

“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort

zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” ―
Roy T. Bennett

“Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people

affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what
matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and
happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit
who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are
living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than
pleasing people. There is much more to life than following
others' prescribed path. There is so much more to life than
what you experience right now. You need to decide who you
are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.” ― Roy
T. Bennett

Take care, but most importantly, take a chance. My own

If you are not living on the edge you are taking too
much space.

Honesty is an expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap

people. And also don’t offer it to cheap, as they would not
know how to appreciate it.

"Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."
-- Lao-Tze (Old Teacher)

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single

step." - Lao Tzu

Is not that I don’t trust you, I don’t even trust my own

hand. I go to sleep with my hand near my mouth and I
wake up with my hand near my cock.

“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at

your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be
quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to
you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy
at your feet.” ― Franz Kafka
 Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again.
Fail better," Samuel Beckett

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for

good men to do nothing

actually was

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else

they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a
contemptible struggle."

Edmund Burke

I hope for nothing, I fear nothing, I am free" is a famous

quote by Nikos Kazantzakis

“When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes” Amedeo

Modigliani

"the eyes are the windows of the soul" Leonardo da

Vinci

or

"the eyes are the mirror of the soul but also they are
the mirror of the beholder’s soul as well

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re

ahead; sometimes you’re behind; the race is long, and in
the end it’s only with yourself.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived

Baz Luhrmann

“The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.”

Jalaluddin Rumi
 Indian Phylosophy Quotes

The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“Those who worship don’t know, and those who know
don’t worship.”
“To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.”

The Bijak of Kabir

“Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My

shoulder is against yours. you will not find me in the
stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor
in cathedrals: not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs
winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but
vegetables. When you really look for me, you will see me
instantly — you will find me in the tiniest house of time.
Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath
inside the breath.”

Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is
being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream.
Only sayings of the wise will remain.
 “Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be
like music. And death a note unsaid.” ― Langston Hughes,
The Collected Poems

“Live to the point of tears.” ― Albert Camus

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my

friends?” ― Abraham Lincoln

Best revenge is success.

“Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not

attention.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of

someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what
gives life its deepest significance.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The
Light in the Heart

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

― Nicolas Chamfort

N'oubliez pas qu'une journée sans sourire est une

journée perdue, alors souriez ? Charlie Chaplin

“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers

that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the
women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.” ―
Jorge Luis Borges

“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful

heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not

because they are nice, but because you are.” ― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue
your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have,
what makes you think you would be happy with more.” ―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“The more I see, the less I know for sure.” ― John

Lennon

“Believe in Your Heart Believe in your heart that you're

meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and
miracles.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Life is to be enjoyed, not endured” ― Gordon B.

Hinckley

“This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.”

― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of
True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back
on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were
alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all
the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what
makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how
you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and
minds of others for your happiness.” ― Hunter S.
Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate
Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“No amount of regretting can change the past, and no

amount of worrying can change the future.” ― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Life is about accepting the challenges along the way,

choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the
journey.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Top 15 Things Money Can’t Buy

Time.
Happiness.
Inner Peace.
 Integrity.
Love.
Character.
Manners.
Health.
Respect.
Morals.
Trust.
Patience.
Class.
Common sense.
Dignity.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Don't say you don't have enough time. You have

exactly the same number of hours per day that were given
to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa,
Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea
of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled,
accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you
all over again, that shocking.” ― Sarah Dessen, The Truth
About Forever

“Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when

it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.” ― Colleen Hoover,
Slammed

“Acts of Kindness: A random act of kindness, no matter

how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone
else's life.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

― Anais Nin

“Even death has a heart.” ― Markus Zusak, The Book

Thief
 “Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you
stand alone.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching,

and has taught me to understand what your heart used to
be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better
shape.” ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and

never last forever.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the
Heart

“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life.

You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.” ―
Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

“Letting go means to come to the realization that some

people are a part of your history, but not a part of your
destiny.” ― Steve Maraboli

“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only

hear what they want to hear.” ― Paulo Coelho

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just

been too intelligent to come here.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

“Great things happen to those who don't stop believing,

trying, learning, and being grateful.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The
Light in the Heart

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you
may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” ― Mark Twain

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the

unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to
himself. Therefore all progress depends on the
unreasonable man.” ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and
Superman
 “Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” ― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“To say goodbye is to die a little.” ― Raymond

Chandler, The Long Goodbye

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when

you are weak.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.

Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be
reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way
they like.” ― Lao Tzu

“Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning

there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in
the middle where all the emotion resides to make the
whole thing worthwhile.” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

“Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and

to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.” ― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Happiness is only real when shared - Christopher

McCandless

but also Into the Wild happiness comes from not

craving, from not being greedy

The point is… there is no point. And that is The Point.

When you think you got it, you’ve lost it. That’s how
fragile and volatile and beautiful it is.

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do

not stop.” ― Confucius
 “There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell
a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.” ― Khaled
Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you

listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest,
or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit,
then you deserve it.” ― Frank Zappa

“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can

never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive.
But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it -
there's a little room where we store those memories. A
room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the
workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new
reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in
awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower
vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private
library.” ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn

how to let go.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped.

Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers.
Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter
childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond
repair.” ― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in
Heaven

“It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever,

too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a
hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd
better make every second count.” ― Sarah Dessen, The
Truth About Forever

“But how could you live and have no story to tell?” ―

Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
 “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the
seeds of your future happiness.” ― Steve Maraboli

“If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they

can only see you for what you were, only see you for the
mistakes you've made, if they don't realize that you are not
your mistakes, then they have to go.” ― Steve Maraboli,
Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones
who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and
satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any
happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to
make it last.” ― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

“Sometimes you have to lose all you have to find out

who you truly are.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly

are.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test

our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment,
there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened
or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will
not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than
enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our
destiny.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

“The more you know who you are, and what you want,
the less you let things upset you.” ― Stephanie Perkins,
Anna and the French Kiss

“Be thankful for everything that happens in your life;

it’s all an experience.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life

— music and cats.” ― Albert Schweitzer
 “You never change your life until you step out of your
comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort
zone.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Do not let the memories of your past limit the potential
of your future. There are no limits to what you can achieve
on your journey through life, except in your mind.” ― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is

a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is
a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose
wisely.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be

led by the dreams in your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The
Light in the Heart

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control,

shift your energy to what you can create.” ― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason

someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in
people.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it

in other people’s hands.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the
Heart

“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving

forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs
you down.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.”

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
 “Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing
to you, but it could mean everything to them.” ― Roy T.
Bennett

“We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.”

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think,

more talented than you know, and capable of more than
you imagine.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Life is too short to waste your time on people who

don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.” ― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live

the life of your dreams according to your vision and
purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of
others.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and

grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Don't
Just Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
 Don't just exist, live.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the
Heart

“Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people

affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what
matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and
happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit
who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are
living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than
pleasing people. There is much more to life than following
others' prescribed path. There is so much more to life than
what you experience right now. You need to decide who you
are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.” ― Roy
T. Bennett

“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort

zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” ―
Roy T. Bennett

“Even if you cannot change all the people around you,

you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is
too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect,
appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who
make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.” ― Roy T. Bennett,
The Light in the Heart

“You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can

always choose how you respond to it.” ― Roy T. Bennett,
The Light in the Heart

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less

judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less
hate.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“The past is a place of reference, not a place of

residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of
living.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
 “Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can
see the good in other people.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.”

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do

not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the
present.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of

playing a poor hand well.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson

“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all

the days of your life.” ― Bob Marley

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to

be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life,
but define yourself.” ― Harvey Fierstein

“I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for
you.” ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be

understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that
we may fear less.” ― Marie Curie

“I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled.

Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't
revealed its beauty to them. ” ― Boris Pasternak

“There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're

meant to be...” ― John Lennon

“Incredible change happens in your life when you

decide to take control of what you do have power over
instead of craving control over what you don't.” ― Steve
Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
 “It is not the length of life, but the depth.” ― Ralph
Waldo Emerson

“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with

integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we
don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we
listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply.
We listen for what’s behind the words.” ― Roy T. Bennett,
The Light in the Heart

“Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!” ―

Mark A. Cooper, Operation Einstein

“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where

you stand” ― Hayley Williams

“Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be

happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always
now.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Help others without any reason and give without the

expectation of receiving anything in return.” ― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or
tired.
Smile, even when you're trying not to cry and the tears
are blurring your vision.
Sing, even when people stare at you and tell you your
voice is crappy.
Trust, even when your heart begs you not to.
Twirl, even when your mind makes no sense of what you
see.
Frolick, even when you are made fun of.
Kiss, even when others are watching.
Sleep, even when you're afraid of what the dreams
might bring.
Run, even when it feels like you can't run any more.
 And, always, remember, even when the memories pinch
your heart.
Because the pain of all your experience is what makes
you the person you are now. And without your experience---
you are an empty page, a blank notebook, a missing lyric.
What makes you brave is your willingness to live through
your terrible life and hold your head up high the next day.
So don't live life in fear. Because you are stronger now,
after all the crap has happened, than you ever were back
before it started.” ― Alysha Speer

“When you arise in the morning think of what a

privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” ―
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“It’s your life; you don’t need someone’s permission to

live the life you want. Be brave to live from your heart.” ―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"Everyone make mistakes, but if you make the same

mistake twice, it's no longer a mistake, it's a choice."

Paulo Coelho's quote, "A mistake repeated more than

once is a decision,"

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

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”

― Soren Kierkegaard

“Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude.”

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.”
― Amy Tan

“Do Not Lie to Yourself

We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and
make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Surround Yourself with People Who Believe in Your Dreams:

Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support
your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school,
the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault,
because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”
― Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life

“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.”

― Virginia Woolf

“Be Brave and Take Risks: You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks.
You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated
with it. Do it again and again.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you
when you're not so lovable.”
― Deb Caletti

“Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best
choice you will ever make.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is

possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day
you die, world without end, amen.”
― George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone

“If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a
way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by
dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of
other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to
follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to
become. Everything else is secondary.”
― Steve Jobs

“Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
― Guillaume Apollinaire

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible
for everything he does.
It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre
1. Dare to Act. Man is nothing else but what he makes
of himself. The power of subjectivity - We exist first and we
become who we are later on. Thus you become who you
are only when you act.
There is no fixed human nature, meaning or purpose.
Most of us live reactively only responding to what
happens to us.
Take initiative.

2. Face your freedom. Freedom is what you do with

what’s been done to you.
Living in bad faith: Not doing anything or denying that
you have any options or freedom.
We behave how we think we should instead of how we
want to.
I have no choice is a false statement.
 React authentically to the situations you find yourself in
and analyze your actions and reactions say about you as a
person. Only then are you able to act freely.

3. Take responsibility
Your actions express who you are, your values.
We are always free to act and react in any way we want
to.
There is no God to tell you what to do, and there are
always options.
One side effect of total freedom is total responsibility.
Our actions do not always represent our values.
Every single action is one you are responsible for;
denying this responsibility in any case does not actually
absolve you from your responsibility.
Be true to yourself, make sure to always act in a way
that expresses your values and take responsibility for each
value you express through your actions.
Because you could have always done otherwise.

4. Set an example.
You are responsible for exerting an image of how you
wish manking to be by being the prime example yourself.
When you choose to act in a certain way, you also set
an example for others.
Dare to act and do so in a way you would like others to
do as well.
You have to force yourself to do all the things you wish
others would do as well.
Whatever you think is right for you, you must also think
it is right for all mankind.
Act in a way that you think everybody should or at least
would be better off in doing so is the key to lead a more
productive and honest life.

5. Embrace your fears

 Mike Tyson's famous quote is "Everyone has a plan until
they get punched in the mouth"

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your

plans

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

Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories

“Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when
you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into
the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if
every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with
yourself when you have lost your reason.”
― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“The outer world is a reflection of the inner world. Other people’s perception of you
is a reflection of them; your response to them is an awareness of you.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

People communicate themselves not only

“If you believe very strongly in something, stand up and fight for it.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of

treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on
the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the
fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding
you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?”
― Mary Manin Morrissey
 “Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get
up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's
the ability to deal with them.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the
Truth, and Being Free

“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.”

― Virginia Woolf

“Life seems sometimes like nothing more than a series of losses, from beginning to
end. That's the given. How you respond to those losses, what you make of what's left,
that's the part you have to make up as you go.”
― Katharine Weber, The Music Lesson

Fool me one, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on

me.
 A Life of Wonder
"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its
best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest
battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting." E.
E. Cummings

If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too

much space. Stephen Hunt

'If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return,
they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.'
Kahlil Gibran

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a

gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bill
Keane

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again.

Fail better." Samuel Beckett

“You do or you do not, there is no try.” Master Yoda

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single

step” Lao Tzu

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words;

watch your words, they become your actions;
watch your actions, they become your habits;
watch your habits, they become your character;
watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” ― Lao
Tzu

“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at

your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be
quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to
you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy
at your feet.” ― Franz Kafka
 “Success consists of going from failure to failure without
loss of enthusiasm” attributed to Winston Churchill

“It is true that the truth is in the middle, but almost

never it is exactly in the middlle.”

“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far,

go together”; however what they don’t say is that most of
the times people go together and they don’t go far, they
only go slow.

Most of the times, the solution to a problem is inside it.

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and

what you do are in harmony" – Mahatma Gandhi

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken" – Oscar

Wilde

“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” —Bob
Marley

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love

like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey

"I've learned that people will forget what you said,

people will forget what you did, but people will never forget
how you made them feel," Maya Angelou

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again,

but expecting different results.” ― Narcotics Anonymous

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as

though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though
everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating

yourself.” ― George Bernard Shaw
 “Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso

Reality is perception: some create it, others accept it.

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you

must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful

about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother
Night

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with

a lie.” ― Khaled Hosseini

“The one you love and the one who loves you are
never, ever the same person.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible
Monsters

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science

gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ―
Isaac Asimov

“If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take
you there” ― George Harrison

"Life is a journey, not a destination," a quote attributed

to Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be

led by the dreams in your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The
Light in the Heart

"A life lived in fear is a life half-lived" is a widely known

quote by the Australian director Baz Luhrmann

Spanish proverb, "Vivir con miedo es vivir a media,"

which translates to "To live with fear is to live a life half-
lived"
 “Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind,
the race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.” Baz
Luhrmann

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more

honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing
nothing.” ― George Bernard Shaw

“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are

these, 'It might have been.” ― John Greenleaf Whittier

"A friend is a single soul dwelling in two bodies" Ancient

Greek Wisdom

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be

happy—it's all that matters.” ― Audrey Hepburn

“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think,

more talented than you know, and capable of more than
you imagine.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live

the life of your dreams according to your vision and
purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of
others.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"When in doubt, don't" is a pithy saying attributed to

Benjamin Franklin.

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but

if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall
end in certainties.

'You treat me good, I'll treat you better. You treat me

bad, I'll treat you worse. And when in doubt, knock 'em out.
'
 “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days,
sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a
whole lifetime...” ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and

grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Don't Just
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the
Heart

“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are
or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It
is what you think about it.” ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win
Friends & Influence People

“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort

zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” ―
Roy T. Bennett

“Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people

affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what
matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and
happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit
who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are
living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than
pleasing people. There is much more to life than following
others' prescribed path. There is so much more to life than
what you experience right now. You need to decide who you
are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.” ― Roy
T. Bennett

Ecclesiastes 1:15 What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.

The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth. Philippians 2:15

St. Teresa of Avila, which says that God writes straight

with crooked lines.

A dog’s tail can never be straightened

Take care, but most importantly, take a chance. My own

The foul have lots of certainties, whereas the intelligent

has only doubts.

“Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your
heart give yourself to it.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the
Heart

“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we

play the hand.” ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“The outer world is a reflection of the inner world. Other

people’s perception of you is a reflection of them; your
response to them is an awareness of you.” ― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart
 “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you
find out why.”
― Mark Twain

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to
gain it.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman