I have a little note book I like to write things down in that catch my attention. I like to use them to fill blank spots throughout my day and give myself something to think in depth about... recent additions include...
The minds game; Instead of playing the tyrant, pay attention. Tell the truth instead of manipulating the world. Negotiate instead of playing the Martyr. Defeat envy because you no longer know that someone else truly has it better.
Nature did not blend things so inextricably that you cannot draw your own boundaries. Place your own well being in your own hands. It's quite possible to be a good man without anyone realizing it.
If it's in your control, why do you do it? If it's in someone else's, then who are you blaming. Atoms? The gods? Stupid ether way. Blame no one. Set people straight, if you can. If not, just repair the damage. And suppose you can't do that ether. Then where does blaming get you? No pointless action.
To see the cause of things stripped bare. The aim of actions. Pain, pleasure, death, fame. Who is responsible for our own restlessness. That no one obstructs us. That it's all how you perceive it.
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." -Helen Keller
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston Churchill
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." -Colin Powell
"If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success." -James Cameron
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;" -John Masefield
and, one that you listed: "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"
"Life is, at best, an uncertain path. Perhaps, we should be grateful with what we have, for even these riches may disappear along the way." - Outer Limits 1995, Season 2, Vanishing act
It doesn’t matter how big the house is. It’s how happy the home is.
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
“Never put off tomorrow what you can do today for it might lead to sorrow. Because if you do it today and you like it, you can do it again tomorrow!” 😛
"If someone got offended over something you said that wasn't meant to be offensive, fuck 'em. You have bigger things to worry about than some tryhard who thinks their own shit doesn't stink."
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