I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.
For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of leaving is the bravest and most beautiful of all.
Anything that makes weak – physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
I want to continue being crazy; living my life the way I dream it, and not the way the other people want it to be.
When you lost sight of your path, listen for the destination in your heart (Allen Walker, D-gray Man)
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.
The whole summer lay ahead of us-time to rest, time to wait. And when the future comes-no matter what comes with it-I’ll be smarter. I’ll be stronger. I’ll be ready.
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
From what we get, we can make a living. What we give; however, makes a life.
I do have a point to all this,” she continues. “There are like twenty people in that waiting room right now. Some of them are related to you. Some of them are not. But we’re all your family.” She stops now. Leans over me so that the wisps of her hair tickle my face. She kisses me on the forehead. “You still have a family,” she whispers.
My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.
I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now he was emancipated from that world of abstraction, false security, parents, and material excess.
It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.
Nite Owl II: But the country’s disintegrating. What’s happened to America? What’s happened to the American dream?
The Comedian: It came true. You’re lookin’ at it.
Before, I wanted to say: “I found love!” But now, I want to say: “I found a person. And he belongs to me and I belong to him.
Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Enjoy the limitless bliss consciousness here and now. The reality of you lies much beyond your sensory perceptions and boundaries.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
But still, I find the need to remind myself of the temporariness of a day, to reassure myself that I got through yesterday, I’ll get through today.
Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power,” Tuek said. “You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen to be too sharp and quick.
Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.
Although my memory’s fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.
Art is the act of triggering deep memories of what it means to be fully human.
I am not worried, Harry,” said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. “I am with you.
Step follows step,
Hope follows Courage,
Set your face towards danger,
Set your heart on victory.
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.
Toni’s Talk: When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic…you! As soon as you let doubt creep in—you lose that investment. Make a daily commitment to assess your worth with positive affirmations and watch your investment grow.
We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams.
World-losers and world-forsakers,
Upon whom the pale moon gleams;
Yet we are the movers and shakers,
Of the world forever, it seems.
This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown.
A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.
The sky is the limit… for some people aim higher nothing is impossible.
If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower.
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
Not knowing you can’t do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it.
Pegang tanganku, tapi jangan terlalu erat, karena aku ingin seiring dan bukan digiring.(Spasi)
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.
Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you’re gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.
Words can never fully say what we want them to say, for they fumble, stammer, and break the best porcelain. The best one can hope for is to find along the way someone to share the path, content to walk in silence, for the heart communes best when it does not try to speak.
No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet.