And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Time is a created thing. To say I don't have time, is like saying, I don't want to. @ -Lao Tzu
What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The limit is not the sky. The limit is the mind. @ -Wim Hof
My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. @ -Anthony Hopkins
Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. @ -Aristotle
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. @ -Socrates
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know. @ -Lao Tzu
If you are easily provoked you are easily controlled. @ -The Stoic Emperor
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is perspective, not the truth. @ -Marcus Aurelius
If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. @ -Marcus Aurelius
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. @ -Socrates
Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack. @ -Seneca
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. @ -Lao Tzu
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. @ -Lao Tzu
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. @ -Socrates
To find yourself, think for yourself. @ -Socrates
What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone. @ -Marcus Aurelius
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. @ -Lao Tzu
Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude. @ -Confucius
Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances. @ -Aristotle
You become what you think about all day long. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. @ -Lao Tzu
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. @ -Plato
Show people, don't tell people. @ -David Goggins
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. @ -Marcus Aurelius
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. @ -Dalai Lama
You will be attacked for doing the right thing. Do it anyway. @ -The Stoic Emperor
From the very beginning you are being told to compare yourself with others. This is the greatest disease; it is like a cancer that goes on destroying your very soul because each individual is unique, and comparison is not possible. @ -Osho
Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found. @ -Lao Tzu
I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. @ -Confucius
It is not external events themselves that cause us distress, but the way in which we think about them... It is our attitudes and reactions that give us trouble. We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them. @ -Epictetus
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place. @ -Lao Tzu
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. @ -James Allen
Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. @ -Confucius
Respect yourself, love yourself, because there has never been a person like you and there never will be again. @ -Osho
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. @ -Epictetus
Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul. @ -Osho
Your worst battle is between what you know and what you feel.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. @ -Epictetus
Think long term. Execute short term. Experience now. @ -The Stoic Emperor
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. @ -Epictetus
You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. @ -Epictetus
Loneliness is one thing, solitude another. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
When you can't control what's happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what's happening. That's where your power is.
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. @ -Socrates
Dreams are like stars; you may never touch them but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny. @ -Dalai Lama
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. @ -Marcus Aurelius
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. @ -Aristotle
The energy of the mind is the essence of life. @ -Aristotle
Act without expectation. @ -Lao Tzu
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here. @ -Lao Tzu
Study the past if you want to define the future. @ -Confucius
Silence is sometimes the best answer. @ -Dalai Lama
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. @ -Thomas Aquinas
There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. @ -Aristotle
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. @ -Confucius
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. @ -Confucius
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. @ -Socrates
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. @ -Aristotle
Sorrow looks back. Worry looks around. Faith looks up. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I would rather die having spoken in my manner, than speak in your manner and live. @ -Socrates
It doesn't matter how slow you go, as long as you don't stop. @ -Confucius
While we wait for life, life passes. @ -Seneca
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain. @ -Maya Angelou
The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less. @ -Zeno of Citium
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. @ -Lao Tzu
When anger rises, think of the consequences. @ -Confucius
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To be great is to be misunderstood. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment. @ -Lao Tzu
Time discovers truth. @ -Seneca
What worries you, masters you. @ -John Locke
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. @ -Lao Tzu
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. @ -Lao Tzu
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. @ -Dalai Lama
We suffer more in imagination than in reality. @ -Seneca
To be calm is the highest achievement of the self. @ -Zen Proverb
Time heals what reason cannot. @ -Seneca
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. @ -Confucius
Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality. @ -Socrates
Be the master OF mind rather than mastered BY mind. @ -Japanese Proverb
The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable. @ -Conor McGregor
For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you. @ -Lao Tzu
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. @ -Aristotle
You are your choices. @ -Seneca
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't curse the darkness, light a candle. @ -Confucius
An honest man is always a child. @ -Socrates
Once a year, go someplace you've never been before. @ -Dalai Lama
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Teaching is the highest form of understanding. @ -Aristotle
Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that. @ -Dalai Lama
Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will – then your life will flow well. @ -Epictetus
A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering. @ -Dalai Lama
The things that we love tell us what we are. @ -Thomas Aquinas
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her. @ -Lao Tzu
Maturity comes only when you are ready to face the pain of your being; maturity comes only when you are ready to take the challenge. And there is no greater challenge than love. @ -Osho
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. @ -Lao Tzu
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself. @ -Marcus Aurelius
We must be our own before we can be another's. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval. @ -Epictetus
Silence is a source of great strength. @ -Lao Tzu
Love is a decision - not an emotion. @ -Lao Tzu
Think progress, not perfection. @ -Ryan Holiday
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. @ -Aristotle
Self-trust is the first secret of success. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Roads were made for journeys not destinations. @ -Confucius
For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. @ -Epictetus
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
People learn more on their own rather than being force fed. @ -Socrates
Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. @ -Plato
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on. @ -Voltaire
Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks? @ -Socrates
Every wall is a door. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. @ -Plato
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. @ -Dalai Lama
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. @ -Plato
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. @ -Plato
To be alone is one of the most beautiful experiences. You are no more bothered by others; you are no more forcing yourself to do something which is expected. @ -Osho
Learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Don't aim to be perfect. Aim to be antifragile. @ -Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them. @ -Socrates
What you are comes to you. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Quality is not an act, but a habit. @ -Aristotle
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. @ -Seneca
The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred. @ -Dalai Lama
Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life. @ -Confucius
How much of human life is lost in waiting. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems. @ -Epictetus
Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it. @ -Epictetus
You amplify everything you react to. @ -The Stoic Emperor
I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet. @ -Confucius
He who lives in harmony with himself, lives in harmony with the universe. @ -Marcus Aurelius
If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything. @ -Confucius
In your actions, don't procrastinate. In your conversations, don't confuse. In your thoughts, don't wander. In your soul, don't be passive or aggressive. In your life, don't be all about business. @ -Marcus Aurelius
He who tries to shine dims his own light. @ -Lao Tzu
He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions. @ -Confucius
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
Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind. @ -Dalai Lama
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. @ -Confucius
The world belongs to those who let go. @ -Lao Tzu
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. @ -Confucius
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness. @ -Lao Tzu
Stop thinking, and end your problems. @ -Lao Tzu
Wisdom begins in wonder. @ -Socrates
Happiness is the highest form of health. @ -Dalai Lama
Figure out the rhythm of life and live in harmony with it. @ -Lao Tzu
The beginning is the most important part of the work @ -Plato
Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To love a thing means wanting it to live. @ -Confucius
A friend to all is a friend to none. @ -Aristotle
There is no illusion greater than fear. @ -Lao Tzu
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows. @ -Aristotle Onassis
There is no genius without a touch of madness. @ -Seneca
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. @ -Lao Tzu
Every step is on the path. @ -Lao Tzu
We are always getting ready to live but never living. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best fighter is never angry. @ -Lao Tzu
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. @ -Lao Tzu
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing external to you has any power over you. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. @ -Lao Tzu
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. @ -Marcus Aurelius
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. @ -Confucius
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. @ -Dalai Lama
To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something. @ -Lao Tzu
If every 8-year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation. @ -Dalai Lama
There are no facts, only interpretations. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard. @ -Confucius
When you accept yourself, the whole world accepts you. @ -Lao Tzu
The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know. @ -Lao Tzu
Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
Choose to be optimistic, it feels better. @ -Dalai Lama
Be an island of calm in the sea of craziness. @ -The Ancient Sage
Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose. @ -Lao Tzu
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. @ -Lao Tzu
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. @ -Aristotle
Own less stuff. Find more purpose.
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. @ -Plato
A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. @ -Nassim Nicholas Taleb
There is a saying in Tibetan, "Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength". No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster. @ -Dalai Lama
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ordinary men hate solitude. But the master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe. @ -Lao Tzu
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. @ -Seneca
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. @ -Plato
Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health. @ -Dalai Lama
It does not matter what you bear, but how you bear it. @ -Seneca
No great thing is created suddenly. @ -Epictetus
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. @ -William James
To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self, this is to have succeeded. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person. @ -Seneca
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues. @ -Confucius
The person who can be happy alone is really an individual. If your happiness depends on the other, you are a slave; you are not yet free, you are in bondage. @ -Osho
He is richest who is content with the least. @ -Socrates
The moment you accept yourself, you become beautiful. @ -Osho
Love and compassion open our own inner life, reducing stress, distrust and loneliness. @ -Dalai Lama
If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. @ -Ludwig Wittgenstein
As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it. @ -Lao Tzu
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. @ -Confucius
‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. @ -Voltaire
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Love should be like breathing. It should be just a quality in you wherever you are, with whomsoever you are. Even if you are alone, love goes on overflowing from you. It is not a question of being in love with someone – it is a question of being love. @ -Osho
Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination. @ -Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. @ -Aristotle
No man is free who is not master of himself. @ -Epictetus
Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. @ -Viktor Frankl
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. @ -Aristotle
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Success is based off of your willingness to work your ass off no matter what obstacles are in your way. @ -David Goggins
He who knows he has enough is rich. @ -Lao Tzu
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Silence is the respite of the confident and strong. @ -Ryan Holiday
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. @ -Lao Tzu
Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life. @ -Confucius
You will never do anything in the world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. @ -Aristotle
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. @ -Dalai Lama
Do that which you fear to do and the fear will die. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. @ -Steve Jobs
If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault… Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion. @ -Epictetus
It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty. @ -Dalai Lama
Our strength grows out of our weaknesses. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace. @ -Epictetus
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. @ -Confucius
What matters most is not what the obstacles are but how we see them, how we react to them, and whether we keep our composure. @ -Ryan Holiday
The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth. @ -Lao Tzu
The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means to an education. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately. @ -Seneca
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. @ -Dalai Lama
True words are not fancy. Fancy words are not true. The good do not debate. Debaters are not good. @ -Lao Tzu
Each day provides its own gifts. @ -Marcus Aurelius
But if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach. @ -Marcus Aurelius
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. @ -Seneca
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. @ -Lao Tzu
The essence of philosophy is that we should live so that our happiness depends as little as possible on external causes. @ -Epictetus
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. @ -Epictetus
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. @ -Lao Tzu
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Be a master of the mind, not mastered by the mind. @ -Zen Proverb
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. @ -Marcus Aurelius
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free. @ -Aristotle
The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get. @ -Aristotle
He who obeys, does not listen to himself. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden. @ -Seneca
The only way to have a friend is to be one. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it. @ -Lao Tzu
Laugh at your problems; everybody else does. @ -Seneca
Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that, unlike the body, when it comes to training the mind, there is no limit to how far we can go. @ -Dalai Lama
Don't move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move. Move the way joy makes you move. @ -Osho
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. @ -Seneca
True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied, for he that is wants nothing. @ -Seneca
He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know. @ -Lao Tzu
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember. @ -Seneca
The journey is less difficult when we find meaning in the struggle.
Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force. @ -Lao Tzu
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. @ -Lao Tzu
I begin to speak only when I'm certain what I'll say isn't better left unsaid. @ -Cato The Younger
The things you own end up owning you. @ -Fight Club
Love, and you shall be loved. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
An ocean of ink in a single drop, trembling at the tip of my brush. Poised above stark white paper, a universe waits for existence. @ -Lao Tzu
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. @ -Dalai Lama
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. @ -John Locke
If you judge, investigate. @ -Seneca
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? @ -Rumi
He has the most who is content with the least. @ -Diogenes
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. @ -Jean-Paul Sartre
Happiness depends upon ourselves. @ -Aristotle
The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life. @ -Dalai Lama
Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself. @ -Lao Tzu
Imagination is a very high sort of seeing. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
What upsets people is not things themselves, but their judgements about these things. @ -Epictetus
Do every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life. @ -Marcus Aurelius
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. @ -Lao Tzu
In the mountains of truth you will never climb in vain; either you will get up higher today or you will exercise your strength so as to be able to get up higher tomorrow. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless. @ -Lao Tzu
I love to go and see all the things I am happy without. @ -Socrates
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? @ -Lao Tzu
We ought to face our destiny with courage. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
He who overcomes himself is mighty. @ -Lao Tzu
If you want to awaken all of humanity, awaken all of yourself. @ -Lao Tzu
The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your action will be. @ -Dalai Lama
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. @ -Epictetus
False friendship is the worst. Avoid it at all costs. If you're honest and straightforward and mean well, it should show in your eyes. It should be unmistakable. @ -Marcus Aurelius
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. @ -Confucius
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. @ -Lao Tzu
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature does nothing uselessly. @ -Aristotle
Know thyself. @ -Socrates
When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready... The teacher will disappear. @ -Lao Tzu
When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others. @ -Dalai Lama
Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. @ -Epictetus
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. @ -Marcus Aurelius
The hard and mighty lie beneath the ground while the tender and weak dance on the breeze above. @ -Lao Tzu
Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear. @ -Lao Tzu
The ultimate power in life is to be completely self-reliant, completely yourself. @ -Robert Greene
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect. @ -Lao Tzu
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. @ -Dalai Lama
The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity. @ -Seneca
To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle. @ -Albert Einstein
To live happily is an inward power of the soul. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Man conquers the world by conquering himself. @ -Zeno of Citium
Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. @ -Lao Tzu
Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be present above all else. @ -Naval Ravikant
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. @ -Lao Tzu
An unexamined life is not worth living. @ -Socrates
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. @ -Lao Tzu
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. @ -Seneca
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Composure is the ruler of instability. @ -Lao Tzu
The essence of all beautiful art is gratitude. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Men learn while they teach. @ -Seneca
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
The only thing that matters in life is your own opinion about yourself, your own respect for yourself. Nobody can destroy your dignity then. @ -Osho
No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Society tames the wolf into a dog. And man is the most domesticated animal of all. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. @ -Lao Tzu
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. @ -Aristotle
Ignorance is the cause of fear. @ -Seneca
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. @ -Marcus Aurelius
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. @ -Confucius
Be like water. @ -Lao Tzu
Envy is pain at the good fortune of others. @ -Aristotle
Our lack of confidence is not the result of difficulty. The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence. @ -Seneca
Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Equanimity is power.
Education is the best provision for life's journey. @ -Aristotle
Receive without pride, let go without attachment. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. @ -Confucius
We should always allow some time to elapse, for time discloses the truth. @ -Seneca
Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions , not outside. @ -Marcus Aurelius
He who is contented is rich. @ -Lao Tzu
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. @ -Epictetus
Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding. @ -Lao Tzu
Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our potential. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. @ -Aristotle
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. @ -Seneca
The great law of nature is that it never stops. There is no end. @ -Ryan Holiday
Courage is knowing what not to fear. @ -Plato
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. @ -John Locke
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be, be one. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Nothingness and beingness are merely conceptions... @ -Lao Tzu
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. @ -Thomas Aquinas
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. @ -Dalai Lama
Have no friends not equal to yourself. @ -Confucius
Eat to live, not live to eat. @ -Socrates
To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; not to realize that you do not understand is a defect. @ -Lao Tzu
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. @ -Dalai Lama
The first wealth is health. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
If our tears do not lead us to act then we have lost the reason of our humanity, which is compassion. @ -Dalai Lama
A great man is always willing to be little. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting. @ -Confucius
If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. @ -Confucius
He is richest who is content with the least, for contentment is the wealth of nature. @ -Socrates
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader. @ -Aristotle
Great acts are made up of small deeds. @ -Lao Tzu
It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is. @ -Bruce Lee
If you want to improve, you must be content to be thought foolish and stupid. @ -Epictetus
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. @ -Confucius
We do not judge the people we love. @ -Jean-Paul Sartre
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action. @ -Lao Tzu
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you concern yourself with others, you naturally develop a sense of self-confidence. To help others takes courage and inner strength. @ -Dalai Lama
The wish for healing has always been half of health. @ -Seneca
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... These are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. @ -Confucius
The only way to have friends is to be one. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing. @ -Lao Tzu
Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. @ -Othello
The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion. @ -Dalai Lama
By letting go it all gets done. @ -Lao Tzu
Discard your misperceptions. Stop being jerked like a puppet. Limit yourself to the present. @ -Marcus Aurelius
So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. @ -Aristotle
Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity. @ -Confucius
Our enemies are not demons, but human beings like ourselves. @ -Lao Tzu
To lead the people, walk behind them. @ -Lao Tzu
He who would be a man must therefore be a nonconformist. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways. @ -Seneca
When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind. @ -Lao Tzu
A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. @ -Lao Tzu
If a person doesn't know to which port they sail, no wind is favourable. @ -Seneca
Happiness in simplicity can be achieved with a flexible mindset and nine hours sleep each night. @ -Dalai Lama
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. @ -Aristotle Onassis
To know and yet think we do not know is the highest attainment; not to know and yet think we do know is a disease. @ -Lao Tzu
To see things in the seed, that is genius. @ -Lao Tzu
Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more scared than simply breathing, religious robed no more spiritual than work clothes. @ -Lao Tzu
Beauty without expression is boring. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit. @ -Aristotle
The philosophy of lifestyle design is actually quite simple. It suggests that there are limitless ways to arrange and configure your life and that the logistics of living are much more flexible than most of us can imagine. @ -Clay Collins
If it's endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining. @ -Marcus Aurelius
The first and the best victory is to conquer self. @ -Plato
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends. @ -Lao Tzu
Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing. @ -Lao Tzu
It is not the length of life, but the depth. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go to the people. Live with them, learn from them, love them. @ -Lao Tzu
Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants. @ -Epictetus
The future influences the present just as much as the past. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. @ -Plato
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn't matter. @ -Marcus Aurelius
The part can never be well unless the whole is well. @ -Plato
The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not. @ -Seneca
We go from birth to death. Three out of ten follow life. Three out of ten follow death. People who rush from birth to death are also three out of ten. Why is that so? Because they want to make too much of life. @ -Lao Tzu
Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them. @ -Confucius
Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one. @ -Dalai Lama
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember. @ -Seneca
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. @ -Seneca
We are franker towards others than towards ourselves. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
The willing are led by fate, the reluctant dragged. @ -Cleanthes
Knowing how to yield is strength. @ -Lao Tzu
If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession. @ -Lao Tzu
Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Everything turns on your assumptions about it, and that's on you. You can pluck out the hasty judgment at will, and like steering a ship around the point, you will find calm seas, fair weather and a safe port. @ -Marcus Aurelius
The road you can talk about is not the road you can walk on. @ -Lao Tzu
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
When goodness is lost there is morality. @ -Lao Tzu
We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. @ -Marcus Aurelius
One who asks fearfully teaches us to say no. @ -Seneca
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so. @ -John Stuart Mill
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings. @ -Plato
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. @ -Confucius
When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself. @ -Lao Tzu
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. @ -Seneca
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. @ -John Locke
The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. @ -Epictetus
We are terrified by the idea of being terrified. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. @ -Lao Tzu
In the end, the treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go. @ -Lao Tzu
No one is laughable who laughs at himself. @ -Seneca
The secret in education lies in respecting the student. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question. @ -Lao Tzu
He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines. @ -Lao Tzu
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. @ -Aristotle
When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. @ -Seneca
Mastery of reading and writing requires a master. Still more so life. @ -Marcus Aurelius
The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love. @ -Lao Tzu
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear? @ -Lao Tzu
Don't be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you've been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?  @ -Marcus Aurelius
Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong. @ -Lao Tzu
One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
He who is not every day conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. @ -Lao Tzu
That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of our time. @ -John Stuart Mill
In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Is there such a thing as a cheerful pessimist? That's what I am. @ -Charlie Munger
To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay. @ -Lao Tzu
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall. @ -Seneca
Accept in an unruffled spirit that which is inevitable. @ -Seneca
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. @ -Confucius
Don't waste the rest of your time here worrying about other people – unless it affects the common good. It will keep you from doing anything useful. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. @ -Confucius
He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted. @ -Lao Tzu
There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Every artist was first an amateur. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of the most beautiful compensations in life is that no person can help another without helping themselves. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long. @ -Lao Tzu
He who indulges in empty fears earns himself real fears. @ -Seneca
No human thing is of serious importance. @ -Plato
Learn to laugh at yourselves as one must laugh! @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. @ -Lao Tzu
Respond to anger with virtue. Deal with difficulties while they are still easy. Handle the great while it is still small. @ -Lao Tzu
Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. @ -Lao Tzu
Free from desire, you realize the mystery caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations. @ -Lao Tzu
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure but to avoid pain. @ -Aristotle
The first and greatest victory is to conquer self. @ -Plato
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. @ -Marcus Aurelius
My humanity is a constant self-overcoming. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not. @ -Seneca
A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Confine yourself to the present. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Relentlessly prune bullshit, don't wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. @ -Paul Graham
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
When a man is ill his very goodness is sickly. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life—no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him. @ -Lao Tzu
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. @ -Aristotle
We are twice armed if we fight with faith. @ -Plato
The way to do is to be. @ -Lao Tzu
To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. @ -Heraclitus
Let us meet with bravery whatever may befall us. Let us never feel a shudder at the thought of being wounded or of being made a prisoner, or of poverty or persecution. @ -Seneca
The only thing that belongs to us is the time. @ -Seneca
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. @ -Lao Tzu
A bad man is a good man's job. @ -Lao Tzu
Accept everything which happens, even if it seem disagreeable, because it leads to this, the health of the universe. @ -Marcus Aurelius
The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable. @ -Seneca
There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent. @ -Lao Tzu
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. @ -Socrates
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The moral man does something, and when no one responds he rolls up his sleeves and uses force. @ -Lao Tzu
Sleep is the best meditation. @ -Dalai Lama
Always without desire we must be found. @ -Lao Tzu
A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Become totally empty. Quiet the restlessness of the mind. Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness. @ -Lao Tzu
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have laboured hard for. @ -Socrates
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. @ -Aristotle
From caring comes courage. @ -Lao Tzu
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. @ -Confucius
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. @ -David Hume
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. @ -Aristotle
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. @ -Seneca
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Patience and fortitude conquer all things. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity. @ -Lao Tzu
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
If you are mindful of death, it will not come as a surprise-you will not be anxious. You will feel that death is merely like changing clothes. Consequently, at that point you will be able to maintain your calmness of mind. @ -Dalai Lama
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. @ -Epictetus
When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day. @ -Lao Tzu
A skillful soldier is not violent, an able fighter does not rage, a mighty conqueror does not give battle, a great commander is a humble man. @ -Lao Tzu
The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful. @ -Lao Tzu
Loyalty that is bought with money, may be overcome by money. @ -Seneca
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. @ -Lao Tzu
Everything in nature is bipolar, or has a positive and a negative pole. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine. If you boast, you will have no merit. If you promote yourself, you will have no success. @ -Lao Tzu
It is in our wild nature that we best recover from our un-nature, our spirituality. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind, compassion opens it. @ -Dalai Lama
Discomfort is the currency of success. @ -Brooke Castillo
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lay hold of today's task, and you will not need to depend so much upon tomorrow's. @ -Seneca
Two elements must therefore be rooted out once for all, the fear of future suffering, and the recollection of past suffering; since the latter no longer concerns me, and the former concerns me not yet. @ -Seneca
Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning, and under every deep a lower deep opens. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar. @ -Confucius
Because he accepts himself, the whole world accepts him. @ -Lao Tzu
Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle. @ -Lao Tzu
Observe all men, thyself most. @ -Benjamin Franklin
Injustice never rules forever. @ -Seneca
When there is no desire, all things are at peace. @ -Lao Tzu
Money is the alienated essence of man's work and existence; this essence dominates him and he worships it. @ -Karl Marx
The mind freed from passions is an impenetrable fortress – a person has no more secure place of refuge for all time. @ -Marcus Aurelius
All this hurrying from place to place won't bring you any relief, for you're travelling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way. @ -Seneca
A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for. @ -Marcus Aurelius
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are headed. @ -Lao Tzu
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Beware the barrenness of a busy life. @ -Socrates
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. @ -Cicero
Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand. @ -Lao Tzu
Instead of harboring fear and suspicion we need to think of other people not as 'them' but 'us'. @ -Dalai Lama
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. @ -Epictetus
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
It has often been said that a reformation should begin with each man reforming himself. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
Taoism is not a religion, although perhaps it has been made into one by some people. Lao Tsu's way of life occurs in any spiritual philosophy. @ -Frederick Lenz
A man in debt is so far a slave. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer. @ -Niccolò Machiavelli
In nature every moment is new; the past is always swallowed and forgotten... Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great times are great softeners. @ -Ryan Holiday
The first step: Don't be anxious. Nature controls it all. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain. @ -Seneca
An over sharpened sword cannot last long. @ -Lao Tzu
Our faith comes in moments yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to them than to all other experiences. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. @ -Marcus Aurelius
To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders. @ -Lao Tzu
Be the person you are. Never try to be another, and you will become mature. Maturity is accepting the responsibility of being oneself, whatsoever the cost. Risking all to be oneself, that's what maturity is all about. @ -Osho
Because of a great love, one is courageous. @ -Lao Tzu
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. @ -Dalai Lama
Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
Heaven means to be one with God. @ -Confucius
In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves. @ -Lao Tzu
A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside of their control. @ -Naval Ravikant
If you do not value rare treasures, you will stop others from stealing. @ -Lao Tzu
What we do now echoes in eternity. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Misfortune is the test of a person's merit. @ -Seneca
The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. @ -Lao Tzu
Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life. @ -Robert Greene
The highest compact we can make with our fellow is – "Let there be truth between us two forevermore." @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
One sticks to an opinion because he prides himself on having come to it on his own, and another because he has taken great pains to learn it and is proud to have grasped it: and so both do so out of vanity. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. @ -Dalai Lama
Is it not through her selflessness that she is able to perfect herself? @ -Lao Tzu
Hope is a waking dream. @ -Aristotle
The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms. @ -Lao Tzu
Study the past if you would define the future. @ -Confucius
Failure and deprivation are the best educators and purifiers. @ -Albert Einstein
When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic—what defines a human being—is to work with others. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Only the educated are free. @ -Epictetus
A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding. @ -Lao Tzu
A tyrant is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. @ -Plato
The cautious seldom err. @ -Confucius
A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day. @ -Lao Tzu
The world belongs to the energetic. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
By going within. Nowhere you can go is more peaceful — more free of interruptions — than your own soul. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The responsibility is all yours; no one can stop you from being honest or straightforward. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Peace must be found in the imperfect present. @ -The Stoic Emperor
But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future. @ -Seneca
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wise man is neither raised up by prosperity nor cast down by adversity; for always he has striven to rely predominantly on himself, and to derive all joy from himself. @ -Seneca
Be a good human being, a warm hearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. @ -Dalai Lama
Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear. @ -Lao Tzu
We acquire the strength we have overcome. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. @ -Thomas Aquinas
All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else. @ -Plato
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self trust is the essence of heroism. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The faith that stands on authority is not faith. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned. @ -Seneca
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. @ -Confucius
There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment. @ -Lao Tzu
Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective. @ -Dalai Lama
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. @ -Socrates
The ancestor of every action is a thought. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is part of the cure to want to be cured. @ -Seneca
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
When one has much to put into them, a day has a hundred pockets. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. @ -Epictetus
Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. @ -Confucius
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Where fear is, happiness is not. @ -Seneca
Order your soul. Reduce your wants. @ -Augustine of Hippo
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. @ -Aristotle
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. @ -Marcus Aurelius
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn. @ -Seneca
Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. @ -Plato
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Learn to see - accustoming the eye to calm, to patience, to letting-things-come-to-it; learning to defer judgment, to encircle and encompass the question on all sides. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Many men will meet me who are drunkards, lustful, ungrateful, greedy, and excited by the frenzy of ambition. @ -Seneca
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The life of folly is empty of gratitude, full of anxiety: it is focused wholly on the future. @ -Seneca
The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence. @ -Seneca
There is no disaster greater than not being content; There is no misfortune greater than being covetous. @ -Lao Tzu
You want to live - but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying - and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead? @ -Seneca
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. @ -Lao Tzu
To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self… And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one's self. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
Who is your master? Anyone who has control over things upon which you've set your heart, or over things which you seek to avoid. @ -Epictetus
He who knows he has enough is rich. Perseverance is a sign of will power. He who stays where he is endures. To die but not to perish is to be eternally present. @ -Lao Tzu
The invariable mark of a dream is to see it come true. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. @ -Lao Tzu
Discomfort is a wise teacher. @ -Caroline Myss
The master observes the world but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. He prefers what is within to what is without. @ -Lao Tzu
Not seeking, not expecting, she is present, and can welcome all things. @ -Lao Tzu
For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose. @ -Marcus Aurelius
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we always win out. @ -Ronald Reagan
Nothing endures but change. @ -Heraclitus
"Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. @ -Dag Hammarskjold
The way of heaven is to help and not harm. @ -Lao Tzu
A king is one who fears nothing. @ -Seneca
This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. @ -Socrates
The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think, or do. Only what you do. @ -Marcus Aurelius
How we spend our days is how we spend our lives. @ -Charlie Gilkey
Hope is passion for what is possible. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. @ -Dalai Lama
Loss is not as bad as wanting more. @ -Lao Tzu
Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous! @ -Lao Tzu
He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip. @ -Lao Tzu
From wonder into wonder existence opens. @ -Lao Tzu
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable. @ -Seneca
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out. @ -Lao Tzu
Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy. @ -Samuel Alexander
What is rare is not raw talent, skill, or even confidence, but humility, diligence, and self-awareness. @ -Ryan Holiday
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. @ -Socrates
Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang. @ -Lao Tzu
That one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backwards, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it... but love it. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant. @ -Socrates
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The future influences the present. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Life is a journey, not a destination. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper-- the more it is spent, the more of it remains. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Just stick to your principles. And rest assured that, if you remain true to them, the same people who made fun of you will come to admire you. @ -Epictetus
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To be worn out is to be renewed. @ -Lao Tzu
Take care with the end as you do with the beginning. @ -Lao Tzu
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. @ -Viktor Frankl
When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven. @ -Lao Tzu
Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. @ -Lao Tzu
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. @ -Lao Tzu
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. @ -Seneca
There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action. @ -Lao Tzu
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. @ -Seneca
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this world: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else. @ -John Locke
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows. @ -Socrates
There is nothing that the busy man is less busy with than living; there is nothing harder to learn. @ -Seneca
With no desire, at rest and still, All things go right as of their will. @ -Lao Tzu
If you want to lead them you must place yourself behind them. @ -Lao Tzu
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who is brave is free. @ -Seneca
No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. @ -Socrates
Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. @ -Epicurus
Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself. @ -Lao Tzu
Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle ourselves? @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
The measure of wisdom is how calm you are when facing any given situation. @ -Naval Ravikant
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. @ -Aristotle
Move toward resistance and pain. @ -Robert Greene
With few there is attainment. With much there is confusion. @ -Lao Tzu
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. @ -Dalai Lama
If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you. @ -Lao Tzu
Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them. @ -Seneca
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts. @ -Lao Tzu
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand. @ -Thomas Aquinas
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. @ -Jean-Paul Sartre
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The further one goes, the less one knows. @ -Lao Tzu
It's strange. I felt less lonely when I didn't know you. @ -Jean-Paul Sartre
What is the seal of liberation? No longer being ashamed in front of oneself. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. @ -Lao Tzu
Let him that would move the world first move himself. @ -Socrates
If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands. @ -John Locke
Happiness belongs to the self sufficient. @ -Aristotle
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
That's how it seems to go: We're never happy with what we have, we want what others have too. We want to have more than everyone else. @ -Ryan Holiday
If you want to know me, look inside your heart. @ -Lao Tzu
To understand the limitation of things, desire them. @ -Lao Tzu
Today I escaped from the crush of circumstances, or better put, I threw them out, for the crush wasn't from outside me but in my own assumptions. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions. @ -John Stuart Mill
Hope is a passion for the possible. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence. @ -Lao Tzu
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. @ -Aristotle
Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant. @ -Seneca
He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened. @ -Lao Tzu
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both. @ -Soren Kierkegaard
It is quality rather than quantity that matters. @ -Seneca
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. @ -Marcus Aurelius
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Problems only exist in the human mind. @ -Anthony de Mello
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Freedom from desire leads to inner peace. @ -Lao Tzu
Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The obstacle is the way. @ -Ryan Holiday
He who tries to shine dims his own light. He who defines himself can't know who he really is. @ -Lao Tzu
A great mind becomes a great fortune. @ -Seneca
Make the most of yourself... For that is all there is of you. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The really important thing is not to live, but to live well… and to live well means the same thing as to live honourably or rightly. @ -Socrates
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. @ -Ludwig Wittgenstein
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone. @ -Lao Tzu
The unexamined life is not worth living. @ -Socrates
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength. @ -Lao Tzu
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses. @ -Lao Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. @ -Lao Tzu
Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there. @ -Lao Tzu
