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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#life

Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime ↗

— Samuel Butler

#existence #life #lifetime #living #sensible

Entrei numa livraria. Pus-me a contar os livros que há para ler e os anos que terei de vida. Não chegam! Não duro nem para metade da livraria! Deve haver certamente outras maneiras de uma pessoa se salvar, senão… estou perdido. ↗

— José de Almada Negreiros

#hoarding #life #livrarias #livros #reading

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy. ↗

— Richard Francis Burton

#happiness #travel #life

Life has never been All or Nothing- it's All and Nothing. Forget the binaries. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#life

I challenge you to make your life the masterpiece you want to paint, the novel you want to read, the day you want to wake to. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

#hope #life #motivation #life

At moments of wonder, it is easy to avoid small thinking, to entertain thoughts that span the universe, that capture both thunder and tinkle, thick and thin, the near and the far. ↗

— Yann Martel

#vast-universe #wonder #life

Facing the difficulties, I can choose either to be a poor victim or a great adventurer. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life

And so taking the long way home through the market I slow my pace down. It doesn't come naturally. My legs are programmed to trot briskly and my arms to pump up and down like pistons, but I force myself to stroll past the stalls and pavement cafes. To enjoy just being somewhere, rather than rushing from somewhere, to somewhere. Inhaling deep lungfuls of air, instead of my usual shallow breaths. I take a moment to just stop and look around me. And smile to myself. For the first time in a long time, I can, quite literally, smell the coffee. ↗

— Alexandra Potter

#enjoy-life #inspirational #live-life-in-the-moment #no-stress #relax

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths ↗

— Walt Disney Company

#inspirational #life #motivational #inspirational