Arthur Schopenhauer

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there’s too much guilt.

Nothing endures but change.

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

Love is not the absence of hate; hate will always exist. Love is holding our head high and forever moving forward with kindness and compassion in spite of what hate may bring, because no amount of darkness can drown out our light if our light has been lit within.

We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.

Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

If I’d known I’d live to be a 100 I’d have taken much better care of myself.

What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way!

Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Right now, make a list of what you admire about yourself- don’t stop until you’ve filled a page. Sit and relish each quality and accomplishment. When you remember how much you have to be proud of, you don’t need to envy others. Instead of wallowing in your jealousy, use your friends’ accomplishments as inspiration to pursue the life you want.

To me, you’ll always be the rising suns, the sinking moons, and all the stars that come between the sound of rain and river stones, the warmth of my sheets, the ache in my bones.

Every one of us have things that we believe about ourselves when nobody else is looking, nobody else is listening, nobody else is monitoring what we’re doing. We believe things about ourselves.

It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.

If you keep your head in the sand, you don’t know where the kick’s coming from.