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Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
- David Starr Jordan
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He who is contented is rich.
- Lao Tzu
Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare
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I am a Passionate Observer of Life.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
Happiness walks on busy feet.
- Kitte Turmell
Silence is a source of great strength.
- Lao Tzu
Life is a reflection of intent.
Love reflects love.
Hate reflects hate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
- Lao Tzu
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore
He is richest who is content with the least,
for content is the wealth of nature.
- Socrates
Life's burdens are lighter when I laugh at myself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Everything has beauty,
but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
- Lao Tzu
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
To the mind that is still,
the whole universe surrenders.
- Lao Tzu
Life is really simple,
but we insist on making it complicated.
- Confucius
He is richest who is content with the least.
- Socrates
Play with life, laugh with life,
dance lightly with life,
and smile at the riddles of life,
knowing that life's only true lessons
are writ small in the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Beware the Rattlesnake of the Mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
What we think, we become.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world.
- The Buddha
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
Life is a succession of lessons
which must be lived to be understood.
- Helen Keller
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,
"one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
- Hans Christian Andersen
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr (Serenity Prayer)
If you aren't in the moment,
you are either looking forward to uncertainty,
or back to pain and regret.
- Jim Carrey
Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
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There is beauty and adventure in the commonplace
for those with eyes to see beyond.
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Bringing a childlike wonder
and a beginner's mind to life
maximizes both success and joy.
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Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled
but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch
You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
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I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
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Compassion is the basis of morality.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
- John Muir
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt
Clouds come floating into my life,
no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
but to add color to my sunset sky.
- Rabindranath Tagore
He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened.
- Lao Tzu
A well-developed sense of humor
is the pole that adds balance to your steps,
as you walk the tightrope of life.
- William Arthur Ward
There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Blessings flow toward gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I am a Passionate Observer of Life.
I See the events, feel the emotions,
and recognize the difference.
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The Main Thing is to Keep
The Main Thing The Main Thing.
- Stephen Covey
Drop the sword - for there is but one flesh to wound,
and it is the one flesh of all humankind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness cannot thrive within the prison of obligation
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The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
Change what you see,
by changing how you see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We don't see things as they are,
we see things as we are.
- Anais Nin
Would you rather be right or happy?
- A Course in Miracles
Choose Inner Peace.
Nothing is worth losing your inner peace.
Take action as circumstances require,
but never surrender your inner peace.
Stop. Breathe deeply.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply again.
Then, and only then, take action -
from a peaceful heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The life of inner peace,
being harmonious and without stress,
is the easiest type of existence.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Success is getting what you want;
happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie
The River of Life has no meaning,
no good, no bad, no better, no worse,
no love, no hate, no fear, no anger, no joy.
The River of Life has no judgment, no expectation.
The River of Life just IS.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The enlightened give thanks
for what most people take for granted.
- Michael Beckwith
Choose your Habits, Choose your Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Don't Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you.
- Miguel Angel Ruiz (don Miguel Ruiz)
Love what is.
- Byron Katie
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Simple living is the way to happy living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The book of life is filled with incoherent riddles.
Life's true lessons are inscribed in a corner of the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
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