A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
-Lao Tzu
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
-Thomas Stephen Szasz
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child
Decline starts with the replacement of dreams with memories and ends with the replacement of memories with other memories.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
-Søren Kierkegaard
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
A man, who realises the potential of his mind by means of introspection and contemplation, does not lack self-confidence. He has control over his mind and he is able to realise its full potential.