Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.

The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark.

American Indian Proverb, Cheyenn

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.

Kahlil Gibran

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

Joseph Addison

Miracle me no miracles.

Miguel de Cervantes

Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of another group is a good way of recognizing the potential absurdity of many of one's own cherished beliefs.

Gore Vidal

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

Thomas Fuller

We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about phytoplankton. All these tiny mechanisms provide the preconditions of our planetary life. To say we do not care is to say in the most literal sense that we choose death.

Dame Barbara Ward

Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.

E. M. Cioran

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

George Washington

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

Samuel Johnson

Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.

Steve Maraboli