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5013 They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourse Andy Warhol
5012 A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. William G.T. Shedd
5011 To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. Bruce Lee
5010 A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to Bruce Lee
5009 Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great att Bruce Lee
5008 Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality. Bruce Lee
5007 A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. Bruce Lee
5006 Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. Bruce Lee
5005 If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depen Bruce Lee
5004 Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kic Bruce Lee
5003 A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. Bruce Lee
5002 Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot Bruce Lee
5001 The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. Bruce Lee
5000 A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a w Bruce Lee
4999 Truth is a matter of the imagination. Ursula K. Le Guin
4998 The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: n Ursula K. Le Guin
4997 The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The read Ursula K. Le Guin
4995 Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a h Ursula K. Le Guin
4994 Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. Ursula K. Le Guin
4993 Belief is the wound that knowledge heals. Ursula K. Le Guin
4992 Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know Ursula K. Le Guin
4991 The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pendants and sophisticate Ursula K. Le Guin
4990 The creative adult is the child who has survived. Ursula K. Le Guin
4989 It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters Ursula K. Le Guin
4988 When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow. Ursula K. Le Guin
4987 People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within Ursula K. Le Guin
4986 What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? Ursula K. Le Guin
4985 We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do Ursula K. Le Guin
4984 Love doesn't just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade Ursula K. Le Guin
4983 Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral. Mahatma Gandhi
4982 The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes Mahatma Gandhi
4981 It is better to be alone than in bad company. George Washington
4980 It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. George Washington
4979 The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is g Carl Jung
4978 Shame is a soul eating emotion. Carl Jung
4977 The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Carl Jung
4976 The true leader is always led. Carl Jung
4975 Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then Carl Jung
4974 We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Carl Jung
4973 If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examin Carl Jung
4972 The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the proj Carl Jung
4971 An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly Carl Jung
4970 The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the pl Carl Jung
4969 The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living tha Carl Jung
4968 Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love Carl Jung
4967 There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in th Carl Jung
4966 Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know wh Carl Jung
4965 Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling. Carl Jung
4964 The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents. Carl Jung
4963 Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event. Carl Jung
4962 In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. Carl Jung
4961 One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the Carl Jung
4960 As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a lig Carl Jung
4959 There's no coming to consciousness without pain. Carl Jung
4958 Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. Carl Jung
4957 As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and Carl Jung
4956 People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. Carl Jung
4955 Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morph Carl Jung
4954 The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. Carl Jung
4953 The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between righ Carl Jung
4952 Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will Carl Jung
4951 Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of Carl Jung
4950 Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable Carl Jung
4949 You are what you do, not what you say you'll do. Carl Jung
4948 I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. Carl Jung
4947 Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of our Carl Jung
4946 Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who l Carl Jung
4945 The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: Carl Jung
4944 O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly! Kobayashi Issa
4943 Never forget: we walk on hell, gazing at flowers. Kobayashi Issa
4942 Here I'm here- the snow falling. Kobayashi Issa
4941 What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms. Kobayashi Issa
4940 Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other. Kobayashi Issa
4939 Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about r Epictetus
4938 People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. Epictetus
4937 First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. Epictetus
4936 The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls Epictetus
4935 First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus
4934 If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. Epictetus
4933 Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Epictetus
4932 Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it. Epictetus
4931 If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses Epictetus
4930 There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things wh Epictetus
4929 You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you de Seneca
4928 Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant. Seneca
4927 If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable. Seneca
4926 No man was ever wise by chance Seneca
4925 Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to Seneca
4924 I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. Seneca
4923 Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that Seneca
4922 Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. Seneca
4921 It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. Seneca
4920 Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. Seneca
4919 All cruelty springs from weakness. Seneca
4918 Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by Seneca
4917 Ad astra per aspera. (To the stars through difficulties.) Seneca
4916 As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matter Seneca
4915 Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. Seneca
4914 True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the futu Seneca
4913 It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do Seneca
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourse — Andy Warhol
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. — William G.T. Shedd
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. — Bruce Lee
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to — Bruce Lee
Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great att — Bruce Lee
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality. — Bruce Lee
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. — Bruce Lee
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. — Bruce Lee
If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depen — Bruce Lee
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kic — Bruce Lee
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. — Bruce Lee
Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot — Bruce Lee
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. — Bruce Lee
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a w — Bruce Lee
Truth is a matter of the imagination. — Ursula K. Le Guin
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: n — Ursula K. Le Guin
The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The read — Ursula K. Le Guin
Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a h — Ursula K. Le Guin
Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Belief is the wound that knowledge heals. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know — Ursula K. Le Guin
The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pendants and sophisticate — Ursula K. Le Guin
The creative adult is the child who has survived. — Ursula K. Le Guin
It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters — Ursula K. Le Guin
When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow. — Ursula K. Le Guin
People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within — Ursula K. Le Guin
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? — Ursula K. Le Guin
We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do — Ursula K. Le Guin
Love doesn't just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade — Ursula K. Le Guin
Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral. — Mahatma Gandhi
The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes — Mahatma Gandhi
It is better to be alone than in bad company. — George Washington
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. — George Washington
The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is g — Carl Jung
Shame is a soul eating emotion. — Carl Jung
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. — Carl Jung
The true leader is always led. — Carl Jung
Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then — Carl Jung
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. — Carl Jung
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examin — Carl Jung
The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the proj — Carl Jung
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly — Carl Jung
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the pl — Carl Jung
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living tha — Carl Jung
Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love — Carl Jung
There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in th — Carl Jung
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know wh — Carl Jung
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling. — Carl Jung
The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents. — Carl Jung
Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event. — Carl Jung
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. — Carl Jung
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the — Carl Jung
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a lig — Carl Jung
There's no coming to consciousness without pain. — Carl Jung
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. — Carl Jung
As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and — Carl Jung
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morph — Carl Jung
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. — Carl Jung
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between righ — Carl Jung
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will — Carl Jung
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of — Carl Jung
Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable — Carl Jung
You are what you do, not what you say you'll do. — Carl Jung
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. — Carl Jung
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of our — Carl Jung
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who l — Carl Jung
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: — Carl Jung
O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly! — Kobayashi Issa
Never forget: we walk on hell, gazing at flowers. — Kobayashi Issa
Here I'm here- the snow falling. — Kobayashi Issa
What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms. — Kobayashi Issa
Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other. — Kobayashi Issa
Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about r — Epictetus
People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. — Epictetus
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. — Epictetus
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls — Epictetus
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. — Epictetus
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. — Epictetus
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. — Epictetus
Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it. — Epictetus
If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses — Epictetus
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things wh — Epictetus
You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you de — Seneca
Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant. — Seneca
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable. — Seneca
No man was ever wise by chance — Seneca
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to — Seneca
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. — Seneca
Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that — Seneca
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. — Seneca
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. — Seneca
All cruelty springs from weakness. — Seneca
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by — Seneca
Ad astra per aspera. (To the stars through difficulties.) — Seneca
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matter — Seneca
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. — Seneca
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the futu — Seneca
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do — Seneca