“Spring is here — everything is trying to be better, and so are you.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
O crescimento é uma jornada sem fim. Estas palavras sobre crescimento acompanham você enquanto encontra uma versão melhor de si mesmo.
“Spring is here — everything is trying to be better, and so are you.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“All feelings are pure that gather you and lift you up.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet (1903)
“All grown-ups were once children. But few of them remember it.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince (Dedication) (1943)
“No rush — take it slow, the good things are on their way.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“A little progress each day is already wonderful.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“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)
“The meaning of things lies not in things themselves but in our attitude towards them.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Wind, Sand and Stars (1939)
“The breeze today feels just right — perfect for a walk, or doing nothing at all.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince (1943)
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
— Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (2002)
“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)
“Our true identity is the one we are still in the process of becoming.”
— Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (2002)
“A Bird came down the Walk — He did not know I saw — He bit an Angleworm in halves — And ate the fellow, raw —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 328 (A Bird came down the Walk) (1862)
“My business is to sing — and that is all I know —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 526 (My business is to sing) (1862)
“If I can stop one Heart from breaking — I shall not live in vain —”
— Emily Dickinson
Poem 919 (If I can stop one Heart from breaking) (1864)
“If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
Stray Birds, No. 6 (1916)
“Love is the fulfillment of life. We love not to be loved, but to love.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener (1913)
“In life, being happy is what matters most — everything else is small stuff.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“My heart is at peace, like a flock of doves that have come to rest after crossing the hills.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali, No. 35 (1910)
“Find a shady spot, sit down, space out — that's the perfect summer day.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“The happiest thing in summer is a cool breeze in the evening.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Beyond the bamboo, two or three branches of peach blossoms — the ducks are first to know when the spring river water warms.”
— Su Shi
Spring River Evening Scene by Huichong (1085)
“Do not speak of old homes to old friends — try new tea over a new fire. Poetry and wine while the years are kind.”
— Su Shi
Wang Jiang Nan: Written at the Terrace of Transcendence (1076)
“Who says life cannot return to youth? Even the stream before my door flows westward! Do not lament white hair at the crowing of the dawn.”
— Su Shi
Huan Xi Sha: Visiting the Clear Spring Temple (1082)
“A sky that has known so many days of rain will never make me weep again.”
— Sanmao
The Rainy Season Will Never Come Again (1976)
“Life is brief — there is no time to waste. Let everything follow the heart, freely.”
— Sanmao
Ten Thousand Waters, A Thousand Mountains (1982)
“In friendship, the most beautiful is the icing on the cake; the most precious is the coal in the snow.”
— Sanmao
Dear Sanmao (1985)
“The beauty of years lies in their certain passing — spring flowers, autumn moon, summer sun, winter snow.”
— Sanmao
Enchantment (1983)
“People are strange — without outsiders watching, they somehow live better.”
— Sanmao
Heart to Heart (1984)
“When the heart has no place to rest, everywhere is wandering.”
— Sanmao
My Treasures (1987)
“Every day can be a fresh start, right?”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“The autumn breeze feels nice — perfect for a walk, or missing someone.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Every tree's fruit must ripen on its own.”
— Hermann Hesse
Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
“No rush — good things always come.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Every little step forward deserves to be noticed.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Do not seek what you can have, but become what you ought to be.”
— Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam (1926)
“Be a warm person — light up your own life and others' too.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Life's harvest reap like the wheat's fruitful ear.”
— Marcus Aurelius
Meditations, Book XI (175)
“One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.”
— Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband (1895)
“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
“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
— Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“He who laughs in joy is not necessarily one who has lived in joy.”
— Oscar Wilde
De Profundis (1897)
“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)
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic (65)
“The mind, unless it is kept in action, grows sluggish and torpid.”
— Seneca
On the Tranquillity of the Mind (60)
“Fire tests gold, suffering tests virtue.”
— Seneca
On Providence (60)
“The warmest, happiest place in winter is under the blankets.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“It's getting cold — add a layer and take good care of yourself.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Curling up at home with a good movie — that's the best way to spend winter.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Take it slow, no need to rush — life isn't in a hurry.”
— Anonymous
Everyday thought
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
— Rumi
Masnavi
“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