#daily

The past is a room full of baggage and rubbish and sometimes things that are of use, but if they are of real use, I have kept them. ↗

— Jamaica Kincaid

#life #the-past #life

Life is a constant balancing act, and keeping your balance is not always possible. The better you prepare yourself, the better your chances of regaining your balance when you lose it. ↗

— Walter C. Conner

#life

Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint! ↗

— Jane Austen

#love

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#battle #brave #brave men #contests #daily

Everything under heaven is a sacred vessel and cannot be controlled. Trying to control leads to ruin. Trying to grasp, we lose. Allow your life to unfold naturally. Know that it too is a vessel of perfection. Just as you breathe in and breathe out, there is a time for being ahead and a time for being behind; a time for being in motion and a time for being at rest; a time for being vigorous and a time for being exhausted; a time for being safe and a time for being in danger. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#life

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#daily #daily life #dust #life #off

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#already #become #competencies #daily #daily life

Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#complaining #remaining-silent #problems

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. ↗

— Mark Twain

#rake #commitment

The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#free