“...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise.” MenLyingWiseNever Lie Book:The odyssey Source: The odyssey
“You are so anxious about the future that you do not enjoy the present. You therefore do not live in the present or the future. You live as if you are never going to die, and then die having never really lived.” IfsDiesEnjoyAnxiousLive In The Present Author:Dalai Lama
“The demon had trouble remembering what she was doing, but she was powerful, sort of the crazy Wendy of the lost lord-of-the-flies boys.” RememberLostPowerfulLordBoysTroubleCrazyDemonWendy Author:Kim Harrison
“Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude — even dishonor and betrayal — to real possibility? This may not seem to be the choice, but it is: complete self-effacement, surrender to the “others,” disavowal of any personal dignity or freedom — on the one hand; and freedom and independence, movement away from the others, extrication of oneself from the binding links of family and social duties-on the other hand. This is the choice that the depressed person actually faces.” MayPersonsRealSelfHandsSeemsFacesChoicesSocialMovementPossibilityDutyDignityIndependenceGuiltOneselfBetrayalSurrenderLinksBindingAccusationDishonorPersonal DignityIneptitudeDepressed Person Author:Ernest Becker
“I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.” IfsThinkingFallPeaceTreePositiveOughtPicksFruitShakesFruit Trees Author:Mary Cassatt
“The snow has quietness in it; no songs, no smells, no shouts or traffic. When I speak my own voice shocks me.” SongSpeakVoiceMy OwnSmellSnowShockTrafficQuietness Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“America had shifted from what influential cultural historian Warren Susman called a culture of character to a culture of personality, and opened up a Pandora's box of personal anxieties of which we would never recover.” CharacterAmericaCulturePersonalityAnxietyBoxesHistorianInfluentialPandoraPandora's Box Author:Susan Cain
“Here I am...wanting to accomplish something and completely forgetting it must all end--that there is such a thing as death.” EndsForgetAccomplishHere I Am Author:Leo Tolstoy
“Actually this is really funny - one time she accidentally forgot to leave a note and I had no idea she had even moved. I was living in the house with a beautiful Mexican family for three months before I realized they weren't my cousins visiting from out of town. They were so nice. They called me "Quien es, quien es," which I thought was a beautiful name.” IdeasBeautifulThreeHouseNamesNiceMonthsTownsMovedNotesI RealizedNo IdeaOne TimeCousinMexicanVisitingThree MonthsMy Cousin Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” WayJoy HappinessLooking For HappinessHappier LifeSharing Happiness Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.