A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.
Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.
You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.
You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.
Was it hard? I ask. Letting go? Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.
I've got nothing to do today but smile.
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.
It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.
Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.
The past has no power over the present moment.
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.