The Quote First

Do not be fooled by your prayers and fasting. Look at how you treat others. That is the real reflection of your soul. ~Rumi

We have the money, the power, the medical understanding, the scientific know-how, the love and the community to produce a kind of human paradise. But we are led by the least among us – the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary. ~Terence McKenna

How can I blame the wind for the mess it made, if it was me who opened the window? ~Mahmoud Darwish

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error. ~Bertolt Brecht

Perfection is insane. The entire tyranny of the perfect body, the perfect family, the perfect life is literally a commercial narrative. It has nothing to do with being human. ~Guillermo del Toro

If you want to reach the larger audience, appeal to idiots. ~Arthur Schopenhauer

Your heart can create any amount of love, not just for yourself, but for the whole world. ~Don Miguel Ruiz

Build an army of 100 dogs, appoint a lion as their leader and watch all the dogs fight as lions. ~Napoleon Bonaparte

Self-realization comes when you no longer think about it, when you no longer want it. Your job is to develop a tremendous humility. ~Robert Adams

Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidance. ~Vernon Howard

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. ~Alan Watts

Live with your century, but do not be its creature. Work for your contemporaries, but create what they need, not what they praise. ~Friedrich Schiller

The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist. ~Ernest Hemingway

Think like a winner and act as a winner. You’ll be quite likely to achieve your goal. ~Enzo Ferrari

Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way. ~Yasunari Kawabata

Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons? ~Michel Foucault

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. ~Cicero

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing. ~Aristotle

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. ~William S. Burroughs

Hiding behind the highlight reel of who you are, is the real you and that person is just as worthy of love. ~Jaeda DeWalt