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“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live.”
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography

“Gledajući sve to, razmišljao je kako onaj koji kopnom dolazi u Veneciju na kolodvor ima osjećaj da ulazi u palaču na stražnji ulaz, i da ne valja nikako drukčije dolaziti nego samo ovako kao on sada, brodom, samo pučinom, u ovaj najnevjerojatniji od svih gradova.”
― Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

“In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”
― Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
― Sharon Salzberg

“Doubt everything. Find your own light.”
― Gautama Buddha, Sayings of Buddha

“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”
― Buddha

“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
― Buddha

“If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.”
― Buddha

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”
― Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change. ”
― Buddha

“Meditate.
Live purely. Be quiet.
Do your work with mastery.
Like the moon, come out
from behind the clouds!
Shine”
― Siddhārtha Gautama

“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”
― Buddha

“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama

“If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?”
― Buddha

“Attachment leads to suffering.”
― Buddha

“The trouble is, you think you have time.”
― Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.”
― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

“A man asked Gautama Buddha, "I want happiness."
Buddha said, "First remove "I," that's Ego, then remove "want," that's Desire.
See now you are left with only "Happiness.”
― Gautama Buddha, Sayings of Buddha

“If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.”
― Gautama Buddha, Sayings of Buddha

“The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.”
― Dhammapada, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha

“In separateness lies the world's greatest misery; in compassion lies the world's true strength.”
― Buddha

“When you come upon a path
that brings benefit
and happiness to all,
follow this course
as the moon
journeys through the stars.”
― Buddha

“If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool.”
― Gautama Buddha

“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”
― Brian Jacques, Taggerung

“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...”
― susan polis schutz

“Love flows like flowers, and grows like water. I’m so thirsty for romance I could drink a dozen roses.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale

“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“When Hitler marched
across the Rhine
To take the land of France,
La dame de fer decided,
‘Let’s make the tyrant dance.’
Let him take the land and city,
The hills and every flower,
One thing he will never have,
The elegant Eiffel Tower.
The French cut the cables,
The elevators stood still,
‘If he wants to reach the top,
Let him walk it, if he will.’
The invaders hung a swastika
The largest ever seen.
But a fresh breeze blew
And away it flew,
Never more to be seen.
They hung up a second mark,
Smaller than the first,
But a patriot climbed
With a thought in mind:
‘Never your duty shirk.’
Up the iron lady
He stealthily made his way,
Hanging the bright tricolour,
He heroically saved the day.
Then, for some strange reason,
A mystery to this day,
Hitler never climbed the tower,
On the ground he had to stay.
At last he ordered she be razed
Down to a twisted pile.
A futile attack, for still she stands
Beaming her metallic smile.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“Believe that there's light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you might be that light for someone else.”
― Kobi Yamada