“To thine own self be true. Unless you’re a stupid jerk.” – Shaun Roundy
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
Frodo: “I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.” Gandalf: “So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.”
“Rather than trying to stay on top of things, I am trying to get to the bottom of things.” – Donald Knut
“The Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert talk about the two ‘hungers.’ There is the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger. The Little Hunger wants food for the belly; but the Great Hunger, the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning… There is ultimately only one thing that makes human beings deeply and profoundly bitter, and that is to have thrust upon them a life without meaning. There is nothing wrong in searching for happiness. But of far more comfort to the soul is something greater than happiness or unhappiness, and that is meaning. Because meaning transfigures all. Once what you are doing has for you meaning, it is irrelevant whether you’re happy or unhappy. You are content – you are not alone in your Spirit – you belong.” – Laurens van der Post
“The best parts of life are hiding in plain sight, embrace the ordinary.” – Katherine Schafler
“We don’t create abundance. Abundance is always present. We create limitations.” – Arnold Patent
“Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand, nor postpone your joys from year to year, so that in whatever place you have been, you may say that you have lived happily.” – Horace
“There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today.” – Thomas Monson
“Enthusiasm is contagious ‑ and so is the lack of it.” – Dale Carnegie
“Children see magic because they look for it.” – Christopher Moore
The man in whom Tao Acts without impediment Harms no other being By his actions Yet he does not know himself To be “kind,” to be “gentle.” The man in whom Tao Acts without impediment Does not bother with his own interests And does not despise Others who do. He does not struggle to make money And does not make a virtue of poverty. He goes his way Without relying on others And does not pride himself On walking alone. While he does not follow the crowd He won’t complain of those who do. Rank and reward Make no appeal to him; Disgrace and shame Do not deter him. He is not always looking For right and wrong Always deciding “Yes” or “No.” The ancients said, therefore: “The man of Tao Remains unknown Perfect virtue Produces nothing ‘No-Self’ Is ‘True-Self.’ And the greatest man Is Nobody.” “The Way of Chuang Tzu” by Thomas Merton
“You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts, worrying about the pathway to the future, but all there will ever be is what’s happening here.” – Jim Carrey
“The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.” – Jim Carrey
“Everything you give, good or bad, comes back ten fold.” – Wendy Stephens
“You don’t need to know where you’re going to be able to get there. Just take that next step and trust yourself.” – Claire Zammit
“Being a hater hater makes you just another hater.” – Shaun Roundy
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather, it is one of those things which gives value to survival.” – C. S. Lewis
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful, than a life spent doing nothing.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama
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