Bettina Nerdrum

“If you understand others you are smart.
If you understand yourself you are illuminated.
If you overcome others you are powerful.
If you overcome yourself you have strength.
If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.
If you can act with vigor, you have a will.
If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.
If you die without loss, you are eternal.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”
― Oscar Wilde

“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets