Heinrich Heine - silence

"Silence is the essential condition of happiness."~Heinrich Heine

Maguid Maruhom - life

"A life with a direction can always meet lots of storms. As long as you did not create your problems, live and learn to be happy with them. A boat that does not leave the harbor is always safe, but it doesn't get anywhere." ~Maguid Maruhom

Susan Deborah - minds

"Our minds do not like paradoxes. We want things to be clear, so we can maintain our illusions of safety. Certainty breeds tremendous smugness." ~Susan Deborah

Gene Parker - true disciples

"True Disciples of Jesus Christ rejoice when they see God at work. Whether it is answered prayer, a miracle, the repentance and calling of a person or any divine work that glorifies God. Genuine believers spontaneously celebrate, as angels do, when they see God's activity." ~Gene Parker

Dr. Louis J. Camuti - animlas

"Love of animals is a universal impulse, a common ground on which all of us may meet. By loving and understanding animals, perhaps we humans shall come to understand each other."
~Dr. Louis J. Camuti

Quotes on Drama

"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." ~Alfred Hitchcock

"God doesn't get rid of the drama in your life. He just gets rid of the cheap drama." -Marianne Williamson

Dale Carnegie - road

Echo Point, Katoomba NSW
May 2011

"The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most." ~Dale Carnegie

Stephen Shore - Photography

Oberon Plateau
May 2011

Photography is inherently an analytic discipline. Where a painter starts with a blank canvas and builds a picture, a photographer starts with the messiness of the world and selects a picture." ~Stephen Shore

Aaron Copland - music

Rayoma
Music from Heaven
Market Place CBD
26 November 2012

"To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable." ~Aaron Copland

Rainer Maria Rilke - dreams

"I live not in dreams but in contemplation of a reality that is perhaps the future."
~Rainer Maria Rilke

Robert Jones - beauty

"Beauty comes from the expression and character in your face—not just its symmetry."
~Robert Jones

Ben Jonson - argument

"Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument, He'll bray you in a mortar."
~Ben Jonson on Argument

Viktor E. Frankl - remembrance

"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the people who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms--to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." ~Viktor E. Frankl

Joseph J. Sweere - gift

"The greatest gift you can give others is your best you—your healthiest you." ~Joseph J. Sweere

Iyanla Vanzant - experience

"Everything we experience—no matter how unpleasant—comes into our lives to teach us something." ~Iyanla Vanzant

Nikos Kazantzakis - needs

"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free."
~Nikos Kazantzakis on Needs

Mehmet Oz - right thing

"To achieve your goals, make the right thing to do the easy thing to do." ~Dr. Mehmet Oz

G. C. Lichtenberg - book

"A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out."
~G. C. Lichtenberg on Books

Walter Winchell - gossip

"Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid." ~Walter Winchell on Gossip

Doris Day - animals

"The more that people live with animals, the more they know how precious they are and what they do to enhance our lives." ~Doris Day, Actress, Animal Activist.

Bob Greene - life you deserve

"Care deeply for yourself, and have the wherewithal to do what it takes to make yourself happy. Go out and claim the life you deserve!" ~Bob Greene

George Santayana - vanity

"The highest form of vanity is love of fame." ~George Santayana

Samuel Butler - honor

"Honor is like a widow, won With brisk attempt and putting on.” ~Samuel Butler on Honor

Robert Louis Stevenson - Positive Attitude

More than 100 years ago, author Robert Louis Stevenson offered the following tips for maintaining a positive attitude. They still apply today.

Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.

Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears.

Don't take yourself too seriously. Don't think that somehow you should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people.

You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry you.

Don't let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself.

Do the things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt.

Never borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to bear than real ones.

Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish jealousy, enmity, grudges. Avoid people who make you unhappy.

Have many interests. If you can't travel, read about new places.

Don't hold postmortems. Don't spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes. Don't be one who never gets over things.

Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.

Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time to be unhappy.

~Robert Louis Stevenson

Richard Henry Stoddard - flowers

“We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers.” ~Richard Henry Stoddard

Frederic Chopin - Apathy

“Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.” ~Frederic Chopin on Apathy

Anne Glusker - state of mind

"When we enter a state of mindful attention, the present moment, the now, eases open. And when it does, life pours in." ~Anne Glusker

Haruki Murakami - touchstone

"No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone." ~Haruki Murakami

Rev. Ed Bacon - transformation

"Open your heart and you will be amazed at the transformations taking place all around you." ~Rev. Ed Bacon

Susan Orlean - possibility

"The reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility." ~Susan Orlean

Atul Gawande - small steps

"We always hope for the easy fix: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke. But few things in life work this way. Instead, success requires making a hundred small steps go right—one after the other, no slipups, no goofs, everyone pitching in." ~Atul Gawande

Indira Gandhi - prosperity

"We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible" ~Indira Gandhi

Martha Graham - learn by practice

"I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same." ~Martha Graham

Irwin Edman - myths

"It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved." ~Irwin Edman

William Pollard - opportunity

"It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute." ~William Pollard

Proverbs - words

"Fine words butter no parsnips." ~Proverb

Winston Churchill -life

"Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed." ~Winston Churchill

Martha Beck Quotes

"Instead of hiding your loneliness, bring it into the light. Honor it. Treat it. Heal it. You'll find that it returns the favor." ~Martha Beck

"Somewhere in there, among the worries, questions, advice and advertising jingles, lives your intuition, your true 'inner voice.' You can hear it to the extent that you give it your attention." ~Martha Beck

Katherine Mansfield - a sailor

"It's rather nice to think of oneself as a sailor bending over the map of one's mind and deciding where to go and how to go. The great thing to remember is we can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough." ~Katherine Mansfield

Edward J. Phelps - no mistakes

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything." ~Edward J. Phelps

Amy Shearn - tiny miracles

"When you really consider the everyday things around you, they start to seem like tiny miracles." ~Amy Shearn

Leigh Newman Quotes

"Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy—and time...The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you’ll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses." ~Leigh Newman

"There are still things out there in the universe to contemplate and spend our lives chasing." ~Leigh Newman

Franz Kafka - book

"A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us." ~Franz Kafka

Shirley Conran - Maturity

"You're never too old to grow up." ~Shirley Conran on Maturity

Julie Morgenstern - belongings

"No matter what, you'll have the chance to enjoy your belongings, instead of feeling lost under them." ~Julie Morgenstern

Michelle Stacey - activity

"If we looked at eating as an activity to relish rather than as an invitation to gluttony, we’d all be not only healthier but happier." ~Michelle Stacey

Leon Trotsky - Struggle

"In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time." ~Leon Trotsky on Struggle

Artie Hoffman Inspirations

"Don't change your true colors of who you are to keep in the expectations and comfort zone of others. Maybe the reason why you may not be happy is because you're trying too hard to fit into someone else way of thinking and by nature that's not who you are...." ~Artie Hoffman

"God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go." ~Artie Hoffman

"If you want better results to happen in your life. You can't keep repeating past pattern habits and expect different and better results. You need to be able to focus and be committed to step out of your comfort zone and do what it takes to create the success you always dreamed of and be committed to follow through to the end of any tasks until you see the results you've been looking for." ~Artie Hoffman

"Just because you might think differently or be different from others, doesn't make you wrong. Stay focused on your own individuality and dare to express your own uniqueness. If others can't accept it or adjust to whom you really are, then it's up to you whether you allow yourself to have them share in your life..." ~Artie Hoffman

"Making a difference in our lives might have nothing to do with education, wealth or power, but everything to do with love, kindness and serving others." ~Artie Hoffman

"Pay attention to the rhythm of your own soul in life and start doing things for yourself in a way that makes you happy and not according to what other people think you should be." ~Artie Hoffman

"Your life is meant to live in happiness. Your life's purpose is not to try to meet up to other peoples expectations but your own." ~Artie Hoffman

Sarah Hepola change

"Change is not a bolt of lightning that arrives with a zap. It is a bridge built brick by brick, every day, with sweat and humility and slips. It is hard work, and slow work, but it can be thrilling to watch it take shape." ~Sarah Hepola

Anne Frank - heavens and nature

"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens and nature." ~Anne Frank