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Friday Aug 26, 2022

Leonardo da Vinci: What do you want?

As you cannot do what you want, Want what you can do.

Leonardo da Vinci

Thursday Aug 25, 2022

Thich Nhat Hanh: The greatest gift

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Wednesday Aug 24, 2022

Rumi: The universe and yourself

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.

Rumi

Tuesday Aug 23, 2022

Horace: Our words

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Horace

Monday Aug 22, 2022

Confucius: Speak after action

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

Confucius

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.

Oscar Wilde

Thursday Aug 18, 2022

Elbert Hubbard: A friend

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

Elbert Hubbard

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.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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.

Mahatma Gandhi

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.

Lewis B. Smedes

Friday Aug 12, 2022

Helen Keller: Dark and light

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

Helen Keller

Thursday Aug 11, 2022

Bob Marley: Music and pain

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Bob Marley

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.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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.

Mark Twain

Monday Aug 8, 2022

Mahatma Gandhi about life

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.

Mahatma Gandhi

Friday Aug 5, 2022

Aristotle: Knowing yourself

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Aristotle

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.

Harper Lee

Wednesday Aug 3, 2022

Nicolas Chamfort: Laugh!

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Nicolas Chamfort

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.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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.

Thich Nhat Hanh