All Quotes
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Horace: Our words
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Confucius: Speak after action
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
Friday Aug 19, 2022
Oscar Wilde: Our emotions
I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Elbert Hubbard: A friend
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Thich Nhat Hanh: Let go!
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.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Mahatma Gandhi: My mind
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Lewis B. Smedes: Has forgiveness begun?
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Helen Keller: Dark and light
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Bob Marley: Music and pain
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Thich Nhat Hanh: Love and presence
If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
Tuesday Aug 9, 2022
Mark Twain: Where are you?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Thursday Aug 4, 2022
Harper Lee: How to understand another person
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
Tuesday Aug 2, 2022
Friedrich Nietzsche about lying
I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.
Monday Aug 1, 2022
Thich Nhat Hanh: The present
The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Dalai Lama: Love and compassion
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Mahatma Gandhi: Sense of humor
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Ayn Rand: A creative man
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.