My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

-- Arthur Conan Doyle

Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.

-- Eckhart Tolle

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.

-- William W. Purkey

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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

-- Confucius

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The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.

--  Leo Rosten

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I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It's not.

The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

-- Robin Williams

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When you’re looking for every opportunity to stroke your own ego, you will lose most of your relationships along the way.

-- Daryl Van Tongeren

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A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. Everyone takes what he wants or can from it and thus changes it to his measure. Some pick out parts and reject the rest, some strain the story through their mesh of prejudice, some paint it with their own delight.

--John Steinbeck.

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It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.

-- Brandon Sanderson

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Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

-- Coco Chanel