“The only kind of courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.”
– Mignon McLaughlin
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Sand and Marble – Arabic saying
“Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.”
– Arabic saying
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Stop acting so small – Rumi
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
– Rumi
“Not only anxious thoughts, but also resentment, grievances, pointless complaining, guilt and regret, criticism of self and others, perpetual discontent…… are ways in which we unconsciously create suffering for ourselves. They arise in imagination (the mind). We need to recognize that these are all unnecessary baggage that brings a heaviness into our lives and strengthens a false sense of self. When you recognize their pointlessness, you can let go of them and then MOVE THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT UNNECESSARY BAGGAGE, enjoying the present moment, including its challenges. And so the present moment becomes your friend, and you begin to experience life as supportive, rather than hostile. This is the miracle of transformation.”
– Eckhart Tolle
“I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.”
– Emo Phillips
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Conclusion – Steven Wright
“A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.”
– Steven Wright
“It may be, it does not exist to be found, but instead, to be created. And that you can create it.”
– Sundeep Sidhu
“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.” – Robert Brault
“Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I’ve ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”
– Billy Madison
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Build your wings – Kobi Yamada
“Sometimes you just have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down.”
– Kobi Yamada
“Choosing doesn’t limit choices — it just changes them.”
– Claire Williams
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Philosophy and Religion – Unknown
“Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.”
– Unknown
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Wonderful evening – Groucho Marx
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.”
– Groucho Marx
“If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.”
– Mark Twain
“The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I’m sitting here refreshing my inbox.
We live in trapped loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out ahead of us. We see the same things each day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation of the last, every moment smoothly following the the gentle curves of societal norms. we act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us. And no, I don’t have all the answers.
I don’t know how to jolly myself into seeing what each moment could become. But I do know one thing: the solution doesn’t involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of some day easing my fit into a mold. It doesn’t involve tempering my life to better fit someone’s expectations. It doesn’t involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up.
This is very important, so I want to say it as clearly as I can: Fuck. That. Shit.”
– Randall Munroe