Découverte de soi

“Spring is here — everything is trying to be better, and so are you.”

“Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.”

“The only true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.”

“You know... when one is so terribly sad, one loves to watch the sunsets. One day, I watched the sunset forty-four times.”

“Our true identity is the one we are still in the process of becoming.”

“Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”

“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.”

“The Brain — is wider than the Sky — For — put them side by side — The one the other will contain — With ease — and You — beside —”

“The Soul selects her own Society — Then — shuts the Door —”

“Much Madness is divinest Sense — To a discerning Eye —”

“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!”

“I dwell in Possibility — A fairer House than Prose —”

“Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me —”

“Life is simple — eat well, stay warm, and be happy.”

“Go do what you want — don't leave regrets for later.”

“Eating watermelon with your favorite people — that's the perfect summer night.”

“We cannot see the true face of Mount Lu — for we are in the mountain ourselves.”

“I asked if Lingnan must be harsh — she answered: Where the heart is at peace, that is home.”

“Having examined every cold branch, the lone goose refuses to perch — the lonely sandbar is cold.”

“What is life's journey like? It is like a wild goose treading the snow — leaving traces, then flying on.”

“I live in this world — not to live up to your expectations.”

“Be a free person — read some books, take some journeys.”

“People are strange — without outsiders watching, they somehow live better.”

“Read more, and your face will naturally change.”

“Everyone should have at least one dream, one reason to be strong.”

“Walk your own path — no rush, just take it easy.”

“If you love a flower that lives on a river, it is sweet to look at the sky at night.”

“Having someone who understands you — that's the happiest thing.”

“Some things you only truly understand after experiencing them yourself.”

“When your heart is at peace, everything falls into place.”

“Make your days a little more comfortable — be a little kinder to yourself.”

“Tired? Rest up, then set off again — no big deal.”

“Be a warm person — light up your own life and others' too.”

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

“He who laughs in joy is not necessarily one who has lived in joy.”

“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.”

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

“The mind, unless it is kept in action, grows sluggish and torpid.”

“To live is to learn how to die.”

“Why do we weep over fragments of life? Our whole life calls for tears.”

“Winter solitude — in a world of one color, the sound of wind.”

“The meaning of life is not what we get from it, but what we give to it.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“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.”

“The weather's nice today — let's go for a walk.”

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“Do not be satisfied with the story that comes before you. Unfold your own myth.”

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”

“When you let go of who you think you are, you become the sky itself.”

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”

“I found a door within my heart — and through it, only endless mercy.”

“Die, then, in love — and the soul will be set free.”