“What makes the desert beautiful is that it hides a well somewhere.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince (1943)
El valor no es la ausencia de miedo, sino la elección de avanzar a pesar de él. Estas citas sobre el valor son para quien necesita fuerza hoy.
“What makes the desert beautiful is that it hides a well somewhere.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince (1943)
“Do what you love, be with who you love — that's a good day.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet (1904)
“Our only responsibility is to be faithful to the seed of creativity deep within us, and to let it grow according to its own laws.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet, Letter 4 (1903)
“When you look deep into the well, what you see is not the reflection of the water's surface but your own face — a face you have never seen before.”
— Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994)
“I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be.”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 800 (I never saw a moor) (1864)
“My business is to sing — and that is all I know —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 526 (My business is to sing) (1862)
“I measure every Grief I meet — With narrow, probing, eyes — I wonder if It weighs like Mine — Or has an Easier size —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 561 (I measure every Grief I meet) (1862)
“Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 712 (Because I could not stop for Death) (1863)
“Don't overthink it — work hard when it's time to work, play hard when it's time to play.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“It's the fire in my eyes, and the flash of my teeth, the swing in my waist, and the joy in my feet. I'm a woman, phenomenally.”
— Maya Angelou
Phenomenal Woman (1978)
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
— Maya Angelou
Phenomenal Woman (speech) (1995)
“Doing what you love — that's the best life has to offer.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Go do what you want — don't leave regrets for later.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“This old man lets loose a young man's wild spirit — left hand leading the hound, right arm bearing the hawk.”
— Su Shi
Jiangcheng Zi: Hunting at Mizhou (1075)
“Bamboo staff and straw sandals — lighter than a horse. Who is afraid? A straw cloak in the misty rain, and I let life unfold.”
— Su Shi
Ding Feng Bo: Listen Not to the Sound of Rain on Leaves (1082)
“Life is brief — there is no time to waste. Let everything follow the heart, freely.”
— Sanmao
Ten Thousand Waters, A Thousand Mountains (1982)
“Somewhere in this world, there must be another me, doing the things I dare not do.”
— Sanmao
The Crying Camel (1979)
“Everyone should have at least one dream, one reason to be strong.”
— Sanmao
Silhouette (1981)
“Eat well, sleep well — that's more important than anything.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
— Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.”
— Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband (1895)
“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
— Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
— Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic (65)
“It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.”
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic (65)
“All cruelty springs from weakness.”
— Seneca
On Clemency (56)
“While there is life, there is hope.”
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic (65)
“Why do we weep over fragments of life? Our whole life calls for tears.”
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic (65)
“It's getting cold — add a layer and take good care of yourself.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Don't aim at success — the more you make it a target and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.”
— Viktor Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning (1946)
“Winter is for curling up — read a good book, have a good dream.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Do not be satisfied with the story that comes before you. Unfold your own myth.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“Don't stand at the edge of the water and gaze. Step into the river.”
— Rumi
Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi