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“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
― Mary Oliver

“You don’t want to look like your heroes, you want to see like your heroes.”
― Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

“I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.”
― Mother Teresa

“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
― Gandhi

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
― Garrison Keillor

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“if you can’t find the humor in everything around you, then eventually you find out too late that the joke is on you.”
― James Altucher, The Choose Yourself Stories

“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been.”
― Marcus Aurelius, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy; none of its parts are unconnected. They are composed harmoniously, and together they compose the world. One world, made up of all things. One divinity, present in them all.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Most people think they need to say “thank you” to the world. But the world is constantly saying “thank you” to you for being alive, for creating new things, new energies, new experiences. Every day give the world at least one more reason to whisper “thank you” to you. If you can hear that whisper, everything else, every gift in life, becomes expected. You earned it. Just take it.”
― James Altucher, The Choose Yourself Guide To Wealth

“P) The 5 × 5 RULE You’re the average of the 5 people you spend time with. You’re the average of the 5 thoughts you most have. You’re the average of the 5 types of food you eat. You’re the average of the 5 things you are most grateful for. You are the average of the 5 things you are reading today.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Luck equals (1) diversification plus (2) persistence.”
― James Altucher, The Power of No: Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness

“It is easier to act yourself into a better way of feeling than to feel yourself into a better way of action. —O. H. Mowrer”
― David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“If you accept mediocrity in any form for long enough, you become mediocre.  Period.”
― Scott Jordan, Pocket Man: The Unauthorized Autobiography of a Passionate, Personal Promoter

“Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same fucking day, man.”
― Janis Joplin

“Fascist politics includes many distinct strategies: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intellectualism, unreality, hierarchy, victimhood, law and order, sexual anxiety, appeals to the heartland, and a dismantling of public welfare and unity.”
― Jason Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

“By the end I was deteriorating faster than I could lower my standards.”
― Anne Lamott