Life shrinks or expands – Anais Nin

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
 
– Anais Nin
 

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Tell someone you love them, in German

Today, tell someone you love them, because life is short. But shout it at them in German, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
 
– Unknown
 

Impossible is not a fact, it’s an opinion – Muhammad Ali

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
 
– Muhammad Ali
 

Nature’s veil – Alfred Nobel

“Hope is nature’s veil for hiding truth’s nakedness.”
 
– Alfred Nobel 

 

No winter lasts forever – Hal Borland

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips it’s turn.”
 
– Hal Borland

 
 

Slow down – Lily Tomlin

“For fast-acting relief try slowing down.”
 
– Lily Tomlin
 
 

Generosity – Albert Camus

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”
 
– Albert Camus
 
 

Unseen – Robert M. Pirsig

“We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people’s lives.”
 
– Robert M. Pirsig
 

Remembrance – Shakespeare

“Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that is gone.”
 
– Shakespeare
 

God of Money – Henry Fielding

“If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.”

– Henry Fielding

Cruelty & compassion – Hasdai Ibn Shaprut

“If one is cruel to himself, how can we expect him to be compassionate with others?”
 
– Hasdai Ibn Shaprut
 

Mind or heart – Sigmund Freud

In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.
 
– Sigmund Schlomo Freud
 

Promise of happiness – Stendhal

Beauty is the promise of happiness.
 
– Stendhal
 

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Habitual thoughts – Marcus Aurelius

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then with a continuous series of such thoughts as these: for instance, that where a man can live, there he can also live well.

 
– Marcus Aurelius

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing – Sam Ewing

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he’s talking about.
 
– Sam Ewing