Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
-Lao Tzu
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Tomorrow I may see (or be persuaded of) errors in my present thinking, but today I have to do the best I can.
-Francis Crick
Hope is much like a cat in the Dark — you only know it's there by the reflection of its eyes — which means there is Light nearby.
-Terri Guillemets
When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson