Quotes

-Take the wisdom of those gone before you and make it your own.
--Alexander

Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.

Buddha (via vkstr)

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (via vkstr)

Problems cannot be solved from the same level of thinking that created them.

Albert Einstein (via phishtaco)

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius (via phishtaco)

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You may have a million desires to be in other places, doing other things, but you are not there, you are here.

 Zen Proverb (via vkstr)

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle or you can live as if everything is a miracle.

Einstein (via vkstr)

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Lao Tzu (via vkstr)

The solution is never at the level of the problem. The solution is always love, which is beyond problems.

Deepak Chopra (via vkstr)

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa (via vkstr)

Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be

Shel Silverstein (via vkstr)

We mistake sex for romance. Guys are taught that pushing a girl up against a wall is romance. Sex is easy; you can do it with anyone, yourself, with batteries. Romance is when someone you like walks into a room and they take your breath away. Romance is when two people are dancing and they fit together perfectly. Romance is when two people are walking next to each other and all of a sudden they find themselves holding hands, and they don’t know how that happened.

John C. Moffi (via mascella)

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If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.

Buddha

The Buddha said if a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.

His Holliness the Dalai Lama (via vkstr)

The beauty of things must be that they end.

Jack Kerouac, Tristessa  (via honeyforthehomeless)

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

Og Mandino (via vkstr)