“If a man insisted on always being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.”— Herodotus, amazon.com
“Far better is it to have a stout heart always, and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.”— Herodotus, amazon.com
“The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places.…”— Arundhati Roy, amazon.com
“Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything.”— Gertrude Stein, amazon.com
“Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?”— Henry James, amazon.com
“To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived — to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that — this doubtless is the right way to live.”— Henry James, amazon.com
“He would agree that life is a little worth living — or worth living a little; but would remark that, unfortunately, to live little enough, we have to live a great deal.”— Henry James, amazon.com
“When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.”— Shauna Niequist, amazon.com
“Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.”— Rita Mae Brown, amazon.com
“Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence.”— Bruce Lee, amazon.com
“Defeat is also a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”— Bruce Lee, amazon.com
“I couldn’t see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“For the moment I am really very, very tired of everything - more than tired.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com