I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
Making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?
Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.
Tell people there’s an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.
Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.
Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Life is the dancer and you are the dance.
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
He not busy being born is busy dying.