It's funny how all the wisest people on Earth always comes back to this thought, know thyself, thy body, they mind, they soul, thy emotions, thy history, thy spirit... the only knowledge that will ever serve you is the knowledge you yourself know of, and hopefully put into practice.
Without enthusiasm, there is no energy.
The most important thing is to keep going. The second most important thing is to choose the right direction.
If you believe talent exists, you’re limiting yourself. If you believe luck exists, you’re lazy. If you believe in yourself, you’re wise.
If you focus on results and finding shortcuts, you’ll get impatient. If you focus on the process and doing the right thing, you’ll be unstoppable.
The more you become friends with courage, the more you dispel fear. The more you dispel fear, the more you’ll do the right thing.
A fellow learns a lot of this fancy stuff that Ralph calls philosophy when he spends a few winters shut up in a cabin with just one other guy, trapping.
Sadly, people who have a fear of abandonment, guard their emotions so much that they themselves, remain unavailable to others. Sometimes, when they feel strongly towards someone, often, they leave them, in the fear that they will inevitably be abandoned, sooner or later.
Please heal that part of me that feels the need to rescue everyone I meet. I know that you watch over and take care of everyone.
Ignoring life's gentle nudges is like stepping off the curb, onto oncoming traffic. Tempt fate to knock you down, and it will. Pay attention to what doesn't feel right. If it feels wrong, it usually is. Trust your gut. It is your God-given GPS.
I will find my peace and happiness through seeking truth, wisdom, and love, and not by chasing thrills, wealth, titles, or fame.
I could do worse than become my own grandma, or anyone of the strong women who raised us. Our strengths emerged from theirs; we build on their heritage and transform their resilience and competence into our own.
Dreams are the catalyst to goals whether it be to heal, to grow, to learn, to create, to imagine what could be or to strive to make it come to fruition. Dreams are the drive to succeed and to do the impossible and make it real and possible.
Don’t ever think of any person who’s trying to hurt you and harm you. Obviously, they don’t deserve your love, but you don’t deserve to feel hate because of them. Ignore them like they don’t exist, but do what you can to protect yourself.
we get hurt by our closest ones, and then we have to face the hurt alone.
The future depends on some graduate student who is deeply suspicious of everything I have said.
Life is a patient endurance voyage through time.
Faith that is firm is also patient peace.
Happiness lies in the heart of humanity.
The power I exert, I do so because I am wise, and clever, and know something of the turning of the world.