Selfdiscovery Quotes

“I appreciate that, Joey. It’s just that I’ve come to enjoy being more of an animal. At least a bit”
― Sara Pascoe, Oswald the Almost Famous Opossum

“Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“All we have to do is understand that we're all here for a reason and to commit ourselves to that. Then we can laugh at our sufferings, large and small, and walk fearlessly, aware that each step has meaning.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“Everything is at once so simple and so complicated! It's simple because all it takes is a change of attitude:
I'm not going to look for happiness anymore.
From now on, I'm independent; I see life through my eyes and not through other peo-ple's. I'm going in search of the adventure of being alive.
And it's complicated: Why am I not looking for happiness when everyone has taught me that happiness is the only goal worth pursuing? Why am I going to risk taking a path that no one else is taking?
After all, what is happiness?
Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety,”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“Everything is at once so simple and so complicated! It's simple because all it takes is a change of attitude:

I'm not going to look for happiness anymore.
From now on, I'm independent; I see life through my eyes and not through other peo-ple's. I'm going in search of the adventure of being alive.
And it's complicated: Why am I not looking for happiness when everyone has taught me that happiness is the only goal worth pursuing? Why am I going to risk taking a path that no one else is taking?

After all, what is happiness?
Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety,”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“Money brings happiness. Fine. In that case, everyone who earns enough to have a high standard of living would be able to stop working. But then they're more troubled than ever, as if they were afraid of losing everything. Money attracts money, that's true. Poverty might bring unhappiness, but money won't necessarily bring happiness.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“We're surrounded by Universal Desire.
It's not happiness, it's desire. And desires are never satisfied, because once they are, they cease to be desires.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“everyone infects everyone else.
Groups can also destroy us,”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“When I die, burry mme standing because I spent all my life knees!!”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“- Are you happy ?

- Yes!

- but don't you want MORE ?!”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“Who I am NOT ?”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“She [her childhood self] would be proud she escaped the narrative she had been force-fed her entire life. —Cecilia, twenty-five, married”
― Jay Zigmont, The Childfree Guide to Life and Money: Make Your Finances Simple So Your Life Without Kids Can Be Amazing

“The challenge, then, is to stop comparing yourself to others and craft a life and financial plan that are uniquely yours.”
― Jay Zigmont, The Childfree Guide to Life and Money: Make Your Finances Simple So Your Life Without Kids Can Be Amazing

“Living a life of Childfree Wealth means that you have the time, money, and freedom to do what you want.”
― Jay Zigmont, The Childfree Guide to Life and Money: Make Your Finances Simple So Your Life Without Kids Can Be Amazing

“There are very few choices in the life of Childfree people that can’t be undone or changed. Take your best shot at a plan that is yours, and you will learn more about yourself and what you truly enjoy as you execute that plan.”
― Jay Zigmont, The Childfree Guide to Life and Money: Make Your Finances Simple So Your Life Without Kids Can Be Amazing

“The core question of your life plan is simple: What do you want to be when you grow up?”
― Jay Zigmont, The Childfree Guide to Life and Money: Make Your Finances Simple So Your Life Without Kids Can Be Amazing

“When I turned forty, I started reflecting on my future, and then I was walloped when one of my friends from high school passed away. ... It took me a while to process, but it was a wake-up call. I realized that I needed to find a new path and plan and appreciate the limited time we have in life.”
― Jay Zigmont, The Childfree Guide to Life and Money: Make Your Finances Simple So Your Life Without Kids Can Be Amazing

“Inner peace isn't found in the stillness of the world, but in the harmony you create within.”
― Yoglica

“When you let go of arriving, every step becomes home.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“Every ship needs a man, but not every man needs a ship.”
― zakariya halloumi

“Travel alone to explore the world and truly discover who you are.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“The world does not need us
to repeat the wounds we inherited —
it needs us to heal them.

To become conscious
is to honor our ancestors
by interrupting patterns,
not by perpetuating chains.

The true revolution
is to break the cycle
and choose to be
the root of healing.”
― Phoenix Moon

“Because in the end…
it’s not success
your soul longs for.

It’s not approval.
It’s not status.

Your soul longs for God.
For truth.
For peace.”
― Phoenix Moon, Emotional Roller Coaster: Confessions of a soul reborn from the ashes

“Pooky searched through colors and canvases, only to find herself staring back.”
― Miss Shavit, The Art of Being Pooky: An Artistic, Rhyming Adventure Through Masterpieces - For Curious Kids and Cat Lovers

“To awaken memory, you must first unlearn control”
― Walson Lee, Echo of the Singularity: Awakening

“The hardest part of growth is grieving the person you used to be.”
― Віра Лівен

“Dieser Hass, der tief in den Menschen sitzt.
Er macht mir Angst. Bestimmt trage ich ihn auch in mir, irgendwo versteckt hinter den ganzen Einzelteilen der Vergangenheit, die mich zu dem machen, der ich bin.”
― Daniel Donskoy, Brennen

“True craft isn’t in holding tight, but in release: letting wood reveal its wild grain, letting self dissolve into the hum beneath all things.”
― Ronen Dancziger, The Boxmaker’s Apprentice

“You must succeed in your journey to self-discovery, otherwise you will fail in life! A person who knows himself well knows which journeys he can and cannot succeed on, and he proceeds accordingly!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Enlightenment isn’t a mountain peak. It’s a hallway light left on when you thought you were alone.”
― Pierce Moyr, Enlightenment on a Budget: Because Happiness Should Be Affordable