Paul Wilson > Quotes

“When you no longer worry about the future, and no longer have regrets about the past, you exist purely in the moment. If you concentrate on that moment you instinctively know, that as long as you have life you have hope.
Enjoy the moment. Breathe easily. Relax.”
― Paul Wilson

“There is little doubt that those who get the most from life are those who look for the wonder in even the smallest things they do. Cultivate this skill and you'll find peace and satisfaction as well.”
― Paul Wilson, The Little Book of Calm

“There is seldom any rational reason for having regreats about past deeds or events. Because the past does not exist in any other way than in your memory.

When you recognise this lack of reality, you can be calm.”
― Paul Wilson, The Little Book of Calm

“To bear ill-feelings torwards someone else is more damaging to the bearer than the recipient.

For your own sake forgive quickly and freely.”
― Paul Wilson

“Prague is far more than the sum of its physical parts or its history. It is a city of the mind and the imagination, a city that exists as vividly in poetry and painting and music and legend as it does in brick and stone... Just as the physical city of Prague would be unimaginable without its unique topography, without its palaces, its churches, its parks, its streets, and its hostelries, so the Prague of the mind would be unimaginable without its storytellers and the tales they weave.”
― Paul Wilson, Prague: A Traveler's Literary Companion

“Jesus paid for our sins, so let's get our money's worth.”
― Paul Wilson

“Recognise the difference between having and living.”
― Paul Wilson, The Little Book of Calm