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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“Every man's life is a fairy tale, written by God's fingers.”
― Hans Christian Andersen

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

“-Suntem diferiți… Ce iubești la mine?
-Tot ce nu pot fi eu…”
― Tudor Chirilă, Exerciţii de echilibru

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“Ar fi înspăimântător să crezi că din tot acest cosmos atât de armonios, desăvârşit şi egal cu sine, numai viaţa omului se petrece la întâmplare, numai destinul lui n-are nici un sens.”
― Mircea Eliade, Nuntă în cer

“Oamenii sunt păsări nemaiîntâlnite,
cu aripi crescute înlăuntru,
care bat plutind, planând,
într-un aer mai curat - care e gândul!”
― Nichita Stănescu, O viziune a sentimentelor

“Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Lucrurile se înţeleg la marginea cuvintelor, şi cuvintele nu sunt de ajuns ca să le inţelegi: e nevoie de har.”
― Tudor Arghezi

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.”
― Emil Cioran

“As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.

As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.

As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.

As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.

As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.

As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.

As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.

We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!”
― Charlie Chaplin

“Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.”
― Paulo Coelho

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“In definitiv, cu cat vei ridica un zid mai inalt in jurul tau cu atat va fi mai bun cel care-l va sari.”
― Tudor Chirilă, Exerciţii de echilibru

“Numai daca vremea ar sta locului am putea vedea lamurit ce este etern”
― Mihai Eminescu

“Time is priceless, but it’s Free. You can't own it, you can use it. You can spend it. But you can't keep it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.”
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

“That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there - that is living.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”
― William Faulkner, Essays, Speeches & Public Letters

“Nu ştii, ca numa-n lacuri cu noroi în fund cresc nuferi?”
― Lucian Blaga, Poemele luminii

“Dupa ce iti omori demonii, daca ai curajul sa o faci, e musai sa te intorci pe acelasi drum.”
― Tudor Chirilă, Exerciţii de echilibru

“Where words fail, music speaks.”
― Hans Christian Andersen

“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“Bunătatea adevărată este neapărat inteligenţă şi imaginaţie”
― Camil Petrescu, Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război

“Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.”
― Nikolai Gogol

“Există înfrângeri care nu coboară, ci înalță.”
― Octavian Paler, Viața pe un peron

“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything good.”
― William Faulkner

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“Orice carte citită, orice lecţie invăţată, se vor aşeza sub voi şi vă vor ridica deasupra celorlalţi.”
― Tudor Chirilă