His lordship and I are...opposite sides of very different coins.

-- Emma Jensen, The Irish Rogue

Cosmic Ordering will never forsake you.

-- Stephen Richards, The Ultimate 10 Minute Chakra Clearing

Live as intensely as possible, burn your candle of life from both ends.

-- Osho, And The Flowers Showered Discourses On Zen

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

-- Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

We cannot change the wind, we can only adjust our sails.

-- Del Suggs, The Usurper: And Other Stories

I would die for you. But I won't live for you.

-- Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.

-- Charles Addams, The Fire Next Time

Truth is not a path you follow, but one created by your footsteps.

-- Frederick Dodson, Parallel Universes of Self

I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.

-- Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

-- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

The idea that traumatic residues—or unresolved stories—can be inherited is groundbreaking.

-- Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

-- Robert Frost, The Light in the Heart

I read and write.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

May today find you happiness and a calm in your heart from God you can’t explain.

-- Ron Baratono, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

You cannot change the past, but you can make a difference now

-- Avis J. Williams, The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore

At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.

-- George Orwell, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.

-- John Green, Paper Towns

Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.

-- Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

-- Helen Keller, The Light in the Heart