“When life feels light and easy, let it be light and easy. Don’t get in your head and try to create problems that don’t exist.”— Colleen George, thoughtcatalog.com
“I like things to be strange and beautiful and, if and when possible, not done before. I’d rather fail gloriously and foolishly than turn in efficient and adequate work again and again. That’s just the way I am.”— Anthony Bourdain, gq.com
“Look back and be grateful Look ahead and be hopeful Look around and be helpful”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“After a while you learn the subtle difference Between holding a hand and chaining a soul, And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning And company doesn’t mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts And presents aren’t promises, And you begin to accept your defeats With your h…”— Jorge Luis Borges, hellopoetry.com
“The whole ideal of Teaism is a result of this Zen conception of greatness in the smallest incidents of life. Taoism furnished the basis for aesthetic ideals, Zennism made them practical.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“oh god it’s wonderful to get out of bed and drink too much coffee and smoke too many cigarettes and love you so much”— Frank O'Hara, amazon.com
“It was the process, not the deed, which was interesting. It was the completing, not the completion, which was really vital.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age: we are languid, talkative, silly. Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every…”— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.com
“Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.”— Rita Mae Brown, amazon.com
“Inner peace depends on warm-heartedness and a concern for others’ well being.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“We experience happiness on a sensory level that is relatively short-lived. But lasting happiness is related to our state of mind.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com