“Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.” KnowsLifeSuccessKnowledgeStudyDevelopmentUglyButterflyMaximsThyselfKnow ThyselfUprisingPerniciousCaterpillars Author:Andre Gide
“You are immortal; you exist for billions of years in different manifestations, because you are Life, and Life cannot die. You are in the trees, the butterflies, the fish, the air, the moon, the sun. Wherever you go, you are there, waiting for yourself.” LifeYearsDifferentDiesWaitingSunAirTreeMoonFishesBillionsManifestationImmortalButterfly Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” IfsLifeInspirationalMayWisdomMotivationalHappinessSuccessYogaGardenMotherhoodHappyButterflyBeing HappyPursuedPursuit Of HappinessGreat HappinessSitting DownGraspingMetamorphosisSassyPeace And HappinessInner HappinessAlways HappyHappiness And LoveCocoonsAlways Be HappyArt Of HappinessInner Peace And HappinessMonarch ButterflyBeing Happy With LifeButterfly WingsHappy SpiritSitting Quietly Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne
“If possible, be Russian. And live in another country. Play chess. Be an active trader between languages. Carry precious metals from one to the other. Remind us of Stravinsky. Know the names of plants and flying creatures. Hunt gauzy wings with snares of gauze. Make science pay tribute. Have a butterfly known by your name.” IfsKnowsLifeCountryPlayNamesLanguagePayKnownCreaturesWingsPlantActiveChessFlyingMetalsButterflyHuntsTributeTradersSnaresStravinskyPrecious Metal Author:Vladimir Nabokov