不要因渴望得不到的而錯過已經擁有的；要知道，現在已經擁有的，也曾是你渴望的。

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

-- 伊比克魯斯，古希臘哲學家

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

-- Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

最無用之事，莫過於以有效的方式把根本不該做的事做好。

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

-- 彼得．杜拉克，管理學之父

Authors do not choose a story to write, the story chooses us.

-- Richard P. Denney, Essays in Idleness - The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko

No one can be an atheist who does not know all things. Only God is an atheist.

-- Flannery O'Connor, Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1

why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out

-- Oliver James, City of Fallen Angels

人生沒有所謂的失敗，失敗只是人生企圖讓我們換個方向。

There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

-- 歐普拉．溫芙蕾，美國電視脫口秀主持人、製片人、投資家、慈善家

Smile more. Smiling can make you and others happy.

-- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

-- George Carlin, Horton Hatches the Egg

Do not spend all your strength to make money.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Proverbs of Solomon

Learning is the only game worth playing in life.

-- Debasish Mridha, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.

-- Dag Hammarskjöld, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

I had this daft idea to come and bury the past. Except the past is not quite dead.

-- Sherry Thomas, Not Quite a Husband

It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.

-- Amy Poehler, Stray

When all else fails, there's always delusion.

-- Conan O'Brien, Rembulan Tenggelam Di Wajahmu

It suddenly dawns on me that there is a big difference between feeling tired and being weak.

-- Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, The Smell of Other People's Houses

Do not dare not to dare.

-- C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy

Contentment is easy because what is needed?

-- Osho, Háblanos del amor. Reflexiones sobre la poesía de Kahlil Gibran: El Profeta

From the beginning, look, what thou desires to see, it shall be shew thee.

-- Compton Gage, The Silence Between the Sighs

I’ve finally figured out a way to stand strong on my own.

-- Scott Stabile, The Snowman