I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing. ~ Milarepa
The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing. ~ Socrates
I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about. ~ Oscar Wilde
More powerful than God, more evil than the Devil; the poor have it, the rich lack it, and if you eat it you die? ~ Margaret Atwood
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you
realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~ Lao Tzu
Quotes about nothing
Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
Love follows knowledge.
Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope
to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
The study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to
be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike
in being big with wonder.
Quotes by Thomas Aquinas
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is
exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only
different kinds of good weather.
Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them.
There is no wealth but life.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get from it, but what they become by it.
Quotes by John Ruskin
The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and
remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The
person you are.
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
Our true nationality is mankind.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Quotes by H. G. Wells
If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.
Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past
I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast.
Every pleasure's got an edge of pain, pay your ticket and don't complain.
Chaos is a friend of mine.
All I can do is be me, whoever that is.
Quotes by Bob Dylan
One can't love humanity. One can only love people.
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
We'd forgive most things if we knew the facts.
Doing nothing, badly.
It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
Quotes by Graham Greene
Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life. ~Santoka Taneda
In pale moonlight
the wisteria's scent
comes from far away. ~ Yosa Buson
moonless night...
a powerful wind embraces
the ancient cedars. ~ Matsuo Basho
Whitecaps on the bay:
A broken signboard banging
In the April wind. - Richard Wright
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because
he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears,
however measured or far away. ~ Henry David Thoreau
For I have known them all already, known them all—
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. ~ T. S. Eliot
God is a concept by which we measure our pain. ~ John Lennon
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ~ Samuel Johnson
Measure of intelligence is the ability to change. ~ Albert Einstein
Quotes about measure
Defeat I shall not know. It shall not touch me. I will meet it with true
thinking. Resisting it will be my strengthening. But if, perchance, the
day shall give to me the bitter cup, it shall sweeten in the drinking. ~ Walter Russell
Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. ~ Ralph Ellison
their heart grew cold
they let their wings down. ~ Sappho
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. ~ Robert Green Ingersoll
There are many victories worse than a defeat. ~ George Eliot
Quotes about defeat
One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. ~ Aldo Leopold
Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die. ~ Gil Scott-Heron
Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life. ~ George Monbiot
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. ~ Ansel Adams
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. ~ Jimmy Carter
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. ~ Chief Seattle
Quotes about nature, ecology
- Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.
- My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet.
- Life is always either a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.
- If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.
- Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.
- In every heart there should be one grief that is like a well in the desert
Edith Wharton quotes
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. ~ Maya Angelou
I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless. ~ Neil Shusterman
By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. ~ Robert Frost
Live for each second without hesitation. ~ Elton John
Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. Ain't nowhere else in the world
where you can go from driving a truck to cadillac overnight. ~ Elvis Presley
Quotes about ambition
If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
It takes half your life before you discover that life is a do-it-yourself project.
Your big opportunity might be right where you are now.
Quotes by Napoleon Hill
The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the
more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to know...Do justly. Love
mercy. Walk humbly [with your God]. This is enough. ~ John Adams
Earth provides enough for every man's needs, but not for every man's greed. ~ Gandhi
You only live once, but if you do it right, once enough. ~ Mae West
There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do. ~ Bill Watterson
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle. ~ Robert Alden
We build too many walls and not enough bridges. ~ Isaac Newton
Quotes about enough
To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a
view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared
experience and the fruits of many inquiries. ~ A. C. Grayling
We read to know that we are not alone. ~ William Nicholson
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. ~ Voltaire
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often
helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul. ~ Joyce Carol Oates
Quotes about reading
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the
sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed
only if there is a light from within.
My patients taught me not how to die, but how to live.
Quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Progress is a fine thing, but it has gone on long enough. ~ Ogden Nash
Progress is not an illusion; it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. ~ George Orwell
I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way. ~ Carl Sandburg
Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. ~ Rosa Luxemburg
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of
those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have
too little. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Quotes about progress
Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.
In this place of light: he dares to live
Who stops being a bird, yet beats his wings
Against the immense immeasurable emptiness of things.
A mind too active is no mind at all.
I long for the imperishable quiet at the heart
of form.
Quotes by Theodore Roethke
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with
people, they will want to grow up to be like you. ~ Ray Bradbury
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth
in the world. ~ Ansel Adams
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to
be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike
in being big with wonder. ~ Thomas Aquinas
A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. ~ Rollo May
Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine. ~ Mason Cooley
Quotes about myths
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social
behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.
In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.
Emotion is contagious.
Achievement is talent plus preparation.
We need to look at the subtle, the hidden, and the unspoken.
The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.
Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell
Watch my dust. ~ Babe Ruth
Dust webbed the window and the showtrays. Dust darkened the toiling
fingers with their vulture nails. Dust slept on dull coils of bronze and
silver, lozenges of cinnabar, on rubies, leprous and winedark stones. ~ James Joyce
Do the most difficult thing if that is what will pay you. Dust the Rust if you Must. Success never comes with ease. ~Israelmore Ayifore
Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble. ~ Benjamin Franklin
I will show you fear in a handful of dust. ~ T. S.Eliot
(Quotes about dust.)
Hope is a verb with its shirtsleeves rolled up.
Our true destiny...is a world built from the bottom up by competent citizens living in solid communities, engaged in and by their places. David W. Orr
The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every kind. It needs people who live well in their places. It needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the world habitable and humane. And these qualities have little to do with success as we have defined it.
Quotes by David Orr
In the end, just three things matter:
How well we have lived
How well we have loved
How well we have learned to let go.
You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf.
When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves.
Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to
the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, "I love to
go and see all the things I am happy without."
If your compassion does not include yourself, then it is incomplete.
Quotes by Jack Kornfield
Self- actualizing people must be what they can be.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if
he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must
be.
What is necessary to change about a person is to change his awareness of himself.
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth
must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
Quotes by Abraham Maslow
I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?
Oh yes, I'm at my happiest when I have a good idea and I'm drawing it well, and it comes out well and somebody laughs at it.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.
Sometimes you lie in bed at night, and you don't have a single thing to worry about...That always worries me!
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
Just remember, when you’re over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.
I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it.
Quotes by Charles Schulz
