“Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet (1903)
知恵は霧を突き抜ける光。知恵に満ちた言葉が、進む道を照らします。
“Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet (1903)
“Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince (1943)
“The meaning of things lies not in things themselves but in our attitude towards them.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Wind, Sand and Stars (1939)
“I am the least of all in the world. You are the greatest of all. I am your smallest child, and yet your greatest blessing.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
The Book of Hours (1905)
“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)
“Those who live with care are never too unlucky.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“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)
“Success is counted sweetest — By those who ne'er succeed —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 67 (Success is counted sweetest) (1859)
“Much Madness is divinest Sense — To a discerning Eye —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 414 (Much Madness is divinest Sense) (1862)
“Some keep the Sabbath going to Church — I keep it, staying at Home — With a Bobolink for a Chorister — And an Orchard, for a Dome —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 324 (Some keep the Sabbath going to Church) (1861)
“If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
Stray Birds, No. 6 (1916)
“Life is simple — eat well, stay warm, and be happy.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“In life, being happy is what matters most — everything else is small stuff.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“In summer, nothing's a big deal — eat well, sleep well, and that's already amazing.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Walk slowly, look carefully — the scenery along the way is also the destination.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“The great river flows east, its waves washing away all the heroes of ages past.”
— Su Shi
Nian Nu Jiao: Memories of the Past at Red Cliff (1082)
“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)
“Seen from the standpoint of that which does not change, all things and ourselves are everlasting.”
— Su Shi
First Ode on the Red Cliff (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)
“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)
“If what you give me is the same as what you give everyone else, then I don't want it.”
— Sanmao
How Many Flowers Have Fallen in My Dreams (1981)
“Love is not a necessity — it is an adornment.”
— Sanmao
Reflections (1983)
“Every day can be a fresh start, right?”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'”
— Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet (1923)
“Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.”
— Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet (1923)
“The autumn breeze feels nice — perfect for a walk, or missing someone.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Relax — you don't need everything to be perfect.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Just be a little more patient with the people and things you love.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“How shall you sing if your mouth is filled with food? How shall your hand be raised in blessing if it is filled with gold?”
— Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam (1926)
“We measure people according to our love for them.”
— Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet (1923)
“Spend your time on things that make you happy.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Some things you only truly understand after experiencing them yourself.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Accept everything life gives you, then keep moving forward.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“When your heart is at peace, everything falls into place.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Do not seek what you can have, but become what you ought to be.”
— Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam (1926)
“Eat well, sleep well — that's more important than anything.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Life's harvest reap like the wheat's fruitful ear.”
— Marcus Aurelius
Meditations, Book XI (175)
“The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving toward perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment.”
— Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha (1922)
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
— Oscar Wilde
Attributed to Oscar Wilde
“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
— Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband (1895)
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.”
— Oscar Wilde
Attributed to Oscar Wilde
“Beautiful things always stir the soul — that is their meaning.”
— Oscar Wilde
Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”
— Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
“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)
“If you wish to be loved, love.”
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic (65)
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic (65)
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.”
— Seneca
On the Shortness of Life (49)
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
— Seneca
On the Shortness of Life (49)
“Fate leads the willing and drags the unwilling.”
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic (65)
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic (65)
“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)
“When it's cold, have a cup of hot tea — it warms your hands and your heart.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“You don't have to leave your room or your house. Sit at your desk and let peace enter your heart. Peace is you, and you are peace.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Peace Is Every Step (1991)
“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)
“To love means to understand. If you do not understand, you cannot love.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Being Peace (1987)
“Don't worry too much — things are usually better than you think.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“What we do here is but a single wave's stroke. Yet that single stroke is enough to change the shape of the sea.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Being Peace (1987)
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“The pain you feel is a messenger. Listen to what it says.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“Die, then, in love — and the soul will be set free.”
— Rumi
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