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Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. -William Faulkner.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. -William Faulkner.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. -Robin Williams.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. -Robin Williams.
Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come. read more
Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come. -Rabindranath Tagore.
The more you know, the less you need to show. -Anonymous.
The more you know, the less you need to show. -Anonymous.
As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. -Buddha.
As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. -Buddha.
We wait all these years to find someone who understands us, I thought, someone who accepts us as we are, read more
We wait all these years to find someone who understands us, I thought, someone who accepts us as we are, someone with a wizard's power to melt stone to sunlight, who can bring us happiness in spite of trials, who can face our dragons in the night, who can transform us into the soul we choose to be. Just yesterday I found that magical Someone is the face we see in the mirror: It's us and our homemade masks. -Richard Bach.
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking read more
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second disasterous. -Margot Fonteyn.
When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I read more
When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me. -John Wesley.
It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined read more
It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others. -Sydney J. Harris.