Famous Quotes

"One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."

"If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started."

"Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can."

"There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way."

"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man."

"Life's a freaking mess. In fact, I'm going to tell Sarah we need to start a new philosophical movement: messessentialism instead of existentialism: For those who revel in the essential mess that is life. Because Gram's right, there's not one truth ever, just a bunch of stories, all going on at once, in our heads, in our hearts, all getting in the way of each other. It's all a beautiful calamitous mess. It's like the day Mr. James took us into the woods and cried triumphantly, "That's it! That's it!" to the dizzying cacophony of soloing instruments trying to make music together. That is it."

"I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite."

"I've been embarrassing myself since about birth."

"The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die."

"The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life."

"It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone."

"Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?"

"What kind of life can you have in a house without books?"

"In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in a moment of joy, one might sincerely believe that they are living that golden instant "now," even having lived such a moment before, but whatever they say, in one part of their hearts they still believe in the certainty of a happier moment to come. Because how could anyone, and particularly anyone who is still young, carry on with the belief that everything could only get worse: If a person is happy enough to think he has reached the happiest moment of his life, he will be hopeful enough to believe his future will be just as beautiful, more so."

"It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be..."

"Try patting them on the back or shoulder and telling them everything is going to be fine. Lots of times when girls cry, they don't want you to fix the problem, they just want to be consoled."

"You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. Take a breath. You’ll be okay. Even if you don’t feel okay all the time."

"To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble."

"In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak."

"Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time."

"Keep your mind open. The meaning of things lies in how people perceive them. The same thing could mean different meanings to the same people at different times."

"A stumble may prevent a fall."