Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-Charlie Chaplin
The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender’s inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for everyone else the proper pleasure of ritual.
Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.
-Robert Eliot
Life is a journey towards the unknown. An empty mind is useful in that journey rather than a mind filled with past.
-J. Krishnamurti
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
-William James
A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.
-Søren Kierkegaard