Happiness depends upon ourselves.
-Aristotle
As you are externally aware, so also you can be inwardly aware of your thoughts and feelings, of your motives and urges, of your prejudices, envies, greed and pride…This outward and inward awareness is a unitary process which brings about a total integration of human understanding.
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
It is as difficult to change someone’s opinions as it is to change his tastes.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-Vivian Greene