I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may… meet with great misfortunes.
-Aristotle
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
-Paulo Coelho
I am a human and I will only live a life which does credit to humans. I have been blessed with beautiful human form, a sharp intellect and a sensitive heart. How do I activate these gifts? Blessed with a priceless life, why should I not fit it with compassion for all beings?