“Spring is here — everything is trying to be better, and so are you.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
Conocerse a uno mismo es el comienzo de todos los viajes. Estas palabras sobre el autodescubrimiento te llevan más profundo a tu mundo interior.
“Spring is here — everything is trying to be better, and so are you.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet (1903)
“The only true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince (1943)
“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)
“You know... when one is so terribly sad, one loves to watch the sunsets. One day, I watched the sunset forty-four times.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince (1943)
“Our true identity is the one we are still in the process of becoming.”
— Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (2002)
“Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet (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)
“The Brain — is wider than the Sky — For — put them side by side — The one the other will contain — With ease — and You — beside —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 632 (The Brain — is wider than the Sky) (1862)
“The Soul selects her own Society — Then — shuts the Door —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 303 (The Soul selects her own Society) (1862)
“Much Madness is divinest Sense — To a discerning Eye —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 414 (Much Madness is divinest Sense) (1862)
“A sepal, petal, and a thorn — Upon a common summer's morn — A flash of dew, a bee or two — A breeze — a caper in the trees — And I'm a Rose!”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 19 (A sepal, petal, and a thorn) (1858)
“I dwell in Possibility — A fairer House than Prose —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 657 (I dwell in Possibility) (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)
“Life is simple — eat well, stay warm, and be happy.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Go do what you want — don't leave regrets for later.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Eating watermelon with your favorite people — that's the perfect summer night.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“We cannot see the true face of Mount Lu — for we are in the mountain ourselves.”
— Su Shi
Inscribed on the Wall at Xilin Temple (1084)
“I asked if Lingnan must be harsh — she answered: Where the heart is at peace, that is home.”
— Su Shi
Ding Feng Bo: To Wang Dingguo's Companion on Returning from the South (1083)
“Having examined every cold branch, the lone goose refuses to perch — the lonely sandbar is cold.”
— Su Shi
Bu Suan Zi: Lodging at Dinghui Temple in Huangzhou (1082)
“What is life's journey like? It is like a wild goose treading the snow — leaving traces, then flying on.”
— Su Shi
Reply to Ziyou: Nostalgia at Mianchi (1061)
“I live in this world — not to live up to your expectations.”
— Sanmao
Stories of the Sahara (1976)
“Be a free person — read some books, take some journeys.”
— Sanmao
Scarecrow's Notes (1977)
“People are strange — without outsiders watching, they somehow live better.”
— Sanmao
Heart to Heart (1984)
“Read more, and your face will naturally change.”
— Sanmao
A Horse for You (1984)
“Everyone should have at least one dream, one reason to be strong.”
— Sanmao
Silhouette (1981)
“Walk your own path — no rush, just take it easy.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“If you love a flower that lives on a river, it is sweet to look at the sky at night.”
— Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha (1922)
“Having someone who understands you — that's the happiest thing.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Some things you only truly understand after experiencing them yourself.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“When your heart is at peace, everything falls into place.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Make your days a little more comfortable — be a little kinder to yourself.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Tired? Rest up, then set off again — no big deal.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Be a warm person — light up your own life and others' too.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
— Oscar Wilde
Attributed to Oscar Wilde
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
— Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband (1895)
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
— Oscar Wilde
De Profundis (1897)
“He who laughs in joy is not necessarily one who has lived in joy.”
— Oscar Wilde
De Profundis (1897)
“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.”
— Oscar Wilde
Attributed to Oscar Wilde
“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
— Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“The mind, unless it is kept in action, grows sluggish and torpid.”
— Seneca
On the Tranquillity of the Mind (60)
“To live is to learn how to die.”
— 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)
“Winter solitude — in a world of one color, the sound of wind.”
— Matsuo Bashō
Fuyu no Hi (Winter Days) (1684)
“The meaning of life is not what we get from it, but what we give to it.”
— Viktor Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning (1946)
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
— Matsuo Bashō
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1689)
“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)
“The weather's nice today — let's go for a walk.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“Do not be satisfied with the story that comes before you. Unfold your own myth.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“When you let go of who you think you are, you become the sky itself.”
— Rumi
Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”
— Rumi
Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
“I found a door within my heart — and through it, only endless mercy.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“Die, then, in love — and the soul will be set free.”
— Rumi
Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi