Quotes on Inspirational

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

Try to realize it's all within yourself no one else can make you change, and to see you're only very small and life flows on within you and without you.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.

Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance