Enlightened

"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious."

- Carl Jung

Famous people quotes-Find God

You will find God in the church of your choice. 

- Bob Dylan

Contradictory

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers.  The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.  

- Leo Rosten

The scientist

The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists. 

- Erwin Schrodinger, 1967

Famous people quotes-Mental attitude

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
- Dale Carnegie

Motivational thoughts-What you see

Let this season of joy truly be a season of joy. It is far too easy to get caught up in the Doing, and forget to relax, to love, and to enjoy. Stop, look around, breathe, be grateful for everything. The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau

Famous people quotes-Own common sense

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

Content

He is richest who is content with the least.
- Socrates

Poetic quotes

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- E. E. Cummings

Wrinkles

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.  

- Mark Twain, Following the Equator

Famous people quotes-Immeasurable cares

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.
- George Eliot

Thought for the day-Character

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
- John Wooden

Beautiful quote

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play in your hair.

- Kahil Gibran

Positive quotes-Dreams of the future

I like dreams of the future better than history of the past.

- Patrick Henry

Good fortune

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.  

- Paul Sweeney

Famous people quotes-The prize

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Power of word

Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Famous people quotes-Begin to end

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

What we live for

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot

Motivational thoughts-Keep playing

Champions keep playing until they get it right
- Billie Jean King