Getting What you Want
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a blessing.
–Dalai Lama
The Point of Living
The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.
- Peter Ustinov
A Citizen of the World
“I am a citizen of the world, and I have met, in my time, with so many different sorts of virtue, that I am puzzled, in my old age, to say which is the right sort and which is the wrong.”
–Wilkie Collins
Good Enough
“And, above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.”
–Anthony Trollope
Living in Belief
Beliefs must be lived in for a good while, before they accommodate themselves to the soul’s wants, and wear loose enough to be comfortable.
–Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
A Thought on Meditation
If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I’ve treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I’ve found that to be a tremendous help.
–Judy Collins
Noble Deeds and Hot Baths…
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
—Dodie Smith
Progress
What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.
–Hecato, Greek philosopher
Progressing and Retrograding
We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.
–James Freeman Clarke
On Success
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.
–Reba McEntire
