"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." ~ Carlos Castaneda

We drop like pebbles into the ponds of each other's souls, and the orbit of our ripples continues to expand, intersecting with countless others. ~ Joan Borysenko

"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.He restorth my soul; He leadeth me in the parts of righteousness for his name’s sake." – Bible


"You often meet your destiny on the road you've taken to avoid it."

"Every positive change - every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness - involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception." —Dan Millman

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy that is translated through you; and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique." —Martha Graham

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside awakes." —Carl Gustav Jung

"Wisdom is knowing what path to take next... Integrity is taking it."

"We can't change the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." —Jim Rohn

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." —William Jennings Bryan

"The meaning of life is to give life meaning." —Ken Hudgins

"Everyone has a purpose in life... a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals." —Deepak Chopra

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." —Carl Bard

"It's never too late to be what you might have been." —George Elliot

"Life's like a movie; write your own ending, keep believing, keep pretending..." —Jim Henson

"Life has meaning only if you do what is meaningful to you." —Alan Cohen

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." —Jeremy Kitson

"Life is a daring adventure or it is nothing at all." —Helen Keller

"There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity." —Douglas MacArthur

"It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey." —Wendell Berry

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." —Michaelangelo

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." —Harold Whitman

"The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today." —Les Brown

"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be." —Pantanjali

"Nothing happens unless first a dream." —Carl Sandburg

"Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know - that man is here for the sake of other men." —Albert Einstein

"Man is not a being who stands still, he is a being in the process of becoming. The more he enables himself to become, the more he fulfills his true mission." —Rudolph Steiner

"The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder." —Thomas Carlyle

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." —Carl Jung

"I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all." —Leo C. Rosten

"He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything." —Samuel Johnson

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." —Mahatma Ghandi

"A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help." —George Orwell

"It is never too late to become what you might have been." —George Elliot

"I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not — more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving." —Beverly Sills

“People have two sides, a good side and a bad side, a past, a future. We must embrace both in someone we love.”

“For some people, love doesn’t exist unless you acknowledge it in front of other people.”

 Alice in Wonderland: “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” Sometimes I believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” “You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.” “What if it was agreed that proper was wearing a codfish on your head? Would you wear it?

 Avatar: “All energy is only borrowed and one day you have to give it back.” “If you want toshare this world with them, you need to understand them.” “One life ends, another begins.” “Good science is good observation.”

We are what we think...

All that we are arices with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make our world. ( Buddha)

Both gold and silver can lose their value in different markets and places, but the doors of love are closed to any kind of pessimism and nothing can alter its inner stability and harmony. (Fethullah Gulen)

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. ( Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche)

You often meet your destiny on the road you've taken to avoid it. 

Every positive change - every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness - involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception. (Dan Millman)

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy that is translated through you; and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique." —Martha Graham

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside awakes. (Carl Gustav Jung) 

Wisdom is knowing what path to take next... Integrity is taking it. 

We can't change the wind, but we can adjust the sails. 

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. (Jim Rohn) 

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. (William Jennings Bryan) 

The meaning of life is to give life meaning. (Ken Hudgins) 

Everyone has a purpose in life... a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals. (Deepak Chopra) 

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. (Carl Bard) 

It's never too late to be what you might have been. (George Elliot) 

Life's like a movie; write your own ending, keep believing, keep pretending... (Jim Henson) 

Life has meaning only if you do what is meaningful to you. (Alan Cohen)

Life is a daring adventure or it is nothing at all. (Helen Keller) 

There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity. (Douglas MacArthur)

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. (Wendell Berry) 

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. (Mark Twain)

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. (Michaelangelo)

Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. (Harold Whitman)

The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today. (Les Brown) 

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be. (Pantanjali)

Nothing happens unless first a dream. (Carl Sandburg)

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know - that man is here for the sake of other men. (Albert Einstein) 

Man is not a being who stands still, he is a being in the process of becoming. The more he enables himself to become, the more he fulfills his true mission. (Rudolph Steiner) 

The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. (Thomas Carlyle)

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. (Carl Jung)

I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all. (Leo C. Rosten)

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything. (Samuel Johnson)

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. (Mahatma Ghandi) 

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help. (George Orwell)

It is never too late to become what you might have been. (George Elliot) 

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not — more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving. (Beverly Sills) 

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. (George Bernard Shaw) 

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. (Lao Tzu)

He who dares nothing need hope for nothing. 

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs - even though checkered by failure - than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. (Theodore Roosevelt)