Famous Quotes For Your Mental Health
No matter what you're going through, you're not alone. Here are some quotes from famous people that can help you understand your situation better. These quotes can help you find comfort and peace in your journey.
" Attachment leads to suffering. "
Buddha
" The only thing you’re addicted to is your own thinking. "
Byron Katie
" Addiction begins with pain and ends with pain. "
Eckhart Tolle
" The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Freedom is freedom from the mind’s grip. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. "
Carl Jung
" It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires. "
Rumi
" What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal. "
Viktor Frankl
" You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself. "
Alan Watts
" He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty. "
Lao Tzu
" Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" No man is free who is not master of himself. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The only reason we don’t open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us. "
Pema Chödrön
" The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back. "
Ram Dass
" Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. "
Albert Camus
" Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. "
Kahlil Gibran
" The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. "
William James
" Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. "
Sigmund Freud
" Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. "
Buddha
" Anger is just fear turned outward. "
Byron Katie
" Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath. "
Eckhart Tolle
" How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Anger arises from the illusion of separation. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. "
Carl Jung
" Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. "
Rumi
" The last of human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance. "
Viktor Frankl
" To hold your breath is to lose your breath. "
Alan Watts
" The best fighter is never angry. "
Lao Tzu
" Anger is like a storm. Take refuge in mindfulness. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" Any person capable of angering you becomes your master. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" Patience is the antidote to aggression. "
Pema Chödrön
" You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The quieter you become, the more you can hear. "
Ram Dass
" To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. "
Albert Camus
" If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? "
Kahlil Gibran
" One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. "
Simone de Beauvoir
" Anybody can become angry—that is easy; but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree is not within everybody’s power. "
Aristotle
" Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. "
Buddha
" When I argue with reality, I lose—but only 100% of the time. "
Byron Katie
" Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose. "
Eckhart Tolle
" If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" There is nothing to fear when you know who you really are. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" What you resist, persists. "
Carl Jung
" There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? "
Rumi
" Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. "
Viktor Frankl
" To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim, you don’t grab hold of the water. "
Alan Watts
" By letting it go, it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. "
Lao Tzu
" Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. "
Pema Chödrön
" He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The world is won by those who let it go. "
Ram Dass
" Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. "
Albert Camus
" Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king. "
Kahlil Gibran
" I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth. "
Simone de Beauvoir
" We are twice armed if we fight with faith. "
Plato
" You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself. "
Buddha
" Burnout comes from resisting what is. "
Byron Katie
" Accept—then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. "
Eckhart Tolle
" If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Rest in being, not in doing. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. "
Carl Jung
" It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. "
Rumi
" What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving for a worthwhile goal. "
Viktor Frankl
" The art of living is neither careless drifting nor fearful clinging. "
Alan Watts
" Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. "
Lao Tzu
" There is no way to peace; peace is the way. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent nature of life, you’re free. "
Pema Chödrön
" You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody. "
Ram Dass
" You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. "
Albert Camus
" Work is love made visible. "
Kahlil Gibran
" Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. "
William James
" Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. "
Confucius
" You only lose what you cling to. "
Buddha
" Codependency is believing someone else is responsible for your happiness. "
Byron Katie
" The need for another to complete you is an illusion. "
Eckhart Tolle
" You have power over your mind—not outside events. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" There is no ‘other’—all is one. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances. "
Carl Jung
" It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires. "
Rumi
" The last of human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude. "
Viktor Frankl
" You don’t need to be accepted by others—just accept yourself. "
Alan Watts
" Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. "
Lao Tzu
" To be beautiful means to be yourself. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" No man is free who is not master of himself. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The root of suffering is attachment. "
Pema Chödrön
" The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The heart surrenders everything to the moment. "
Ram Dass
" To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. "
Albert Camus
" Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. "
Kahlil Gibran
" One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others. "
Simone de Beauvoir
" Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They underreact. But rarely do they act. "
Melody Beattie
" You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. "
Buddha
" It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem. "
Byron Katie
" The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. "
Eckhart Tolle
" You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived life of its parents. "
Carl Jung
" We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The wound is the place where the light enters you. "
Rumi
" When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. "
Viktor Frankl
" In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. "
Albert Camus
" The most common form of despair is not being who you are. "
Søren Kierkegaard
" You are the sky. Everything else—it’s just the weather. "
Pema Chödrön
" To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "
Alan Watts
" If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. "
Lao Tzu
" The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The quieter you become, the more you can hear. "
Ram Dass
" Pain and suffering are a kind of currency that can purchase all that is good. "
Simone Weil
" Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. "
Kahlil Gibran
" There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path. "
Buddha
" Despair is what happens when you believe your own thoughts. "
Byron Katie
" Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. "
Eckhart Tolle
" Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Despair comes from seeking what you already are. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. "
Carl Jung
" Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. "
Rumi
" Despair is suffering without meaning. "
Viktor Frankl
" The meaning of life is just to be alive. "
Alan Watts
" When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. "
Lao Tzu
" Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" There is only one way to happiness, quote: to cease worrying about things beyond our control. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The only way out of despair is to feel it fully. "
Pema Chödrön
" He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" We’re all just walking each other home. "
Ram Dass
" The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. "
Albert Camus
" The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. "
Kahlil Gibran
" The most common form of despair is not being who you are. "
Søren Kierkegaard
" All sins are attempts to fill voids. "
Simone Weil
" The root of suffering is attachment. "
Buddha
" Numbness is resistance to feeling what’s true. "
Byron Katie
" Feelings are just visitors—let them come and go. "
Eckhart Tolle
" You have power over your mind—not outside events. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" You are not numb—you are simply unaware of your aliveness. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. "
Carl Jung
" We suffer more in imagination than in reality. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The cure for pain is in the pain. "
Rumi
" What is to give light must endure burning. "
Viktor Frankl
" You cannot be free from something you do not know. "
Alan Watts
" When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. "
Lao Tzu
" Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The only way out is through. "
Pema Chödrön
" To live is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Healing does not mean the damage never existed. "
Ram Dass
" In the depth of winter, I found an invincible summer. "
Albert Camus
" Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. "
Kahlil Gibran
" The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. "
Rollo May
" Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. "
Brene Brown
" The root of suffering is attachment. "
Buddha
" Angst is just a thought you’re believing about the unknown. "
Byron Katie
" The present moment is all you ever have. "
Eckhart Tolle
" The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" You are not the body or the mind—you are the eternal. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. "
Carl Jung
" We are born to die, and we die to live. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop. "
Rumi
" Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather recognize that it is he who is asked. "
Viktor Frankl
" The meaning of life is just to be alive. "
Alan Watts
" Life is a mystery which must be lived, not a problem to be solved. "
Lao Tzu
" Because you are alive, everything is possible. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" There is only one way to happiness, quote: to cease worrying about things beyond our control. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The only way out is through. "
Pema Chödrön
" He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" We’re all just walking each other home. "
Ram Dass
" The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. "
Albert Camus
" Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you. "
Kahlil Gibran
" Man is condemned to be free. "
Jean-Paul Sartre
" Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. "
Søren Kierkegaard
" There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires. "
Buddha
" Fear is just a thought about the future that hasn’t happened yet. "
Byron Katie
" Fear arises through identification with form, whether it be a material possession, a physical body, or a thought. "
Eckhart Tolle
" If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" There is nothing to fear when you know who you really are. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. "
Carl Jung
" We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. "
Rumi
" Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of. "
Viktor Frankl
" The only way to handle fear is to hang onto it and ride it like a wave. "
Alan Watts
" There is no greater illusion than fear. "
Lao Tzu
" Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. Awareness brings us back to now. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" It is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. "
Pema Chödrön
" That which does not kill us makes us stronger. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody. "
Ram Dass
" The only way to deal with fear is to confront it. "
Albert Camus
" Fear is but a shadow upon the earth. "
Kahlil Gibran
" To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. "
Simone Weil
" Courage is knowing what not to fear. "
Plato
" All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. "
Buddha
" Everything happens for you, not to you. "
Byron Katie
" To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer. "
Eckhart Tolle
" What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" What is born must die; what is never born cannot die. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. "
Carl Jung
" We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. "
Rumi
" Everything can be taken from a man but one thing, quote: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude. "
Viktor Frankl
" The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "
Alan Watts
" Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. "
Lao Tzu
" Because you are alive, everything is possible. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" You become what you give your attention to. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. "
Pema Chödrön
" What does not kill me makes me stronger. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" We’re all just walking each other home. "
Ram Dass
" There is no love of life without despair of life. "
Albert Camus
" The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. "
Kahlil Gibran
" The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known loss. "
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
" The life which is unexamined is not worth living. "
Plato
" Do not dwell in the past; do not dream of the future; concentrate the mind on the present moment. "
Buddha
" Guilt is just a story you tell yourself about what you should have done. "
Byron Katie
" Guilt is a useless emotion—it keeps you stuck in the past. "
Eckhart Tolle
" Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" There is no guilt when you see there is no doer. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. "
Carl Jung
" Every guilty person is his own hangman. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The past is an interpretation. The future is an illusion. Be here now. "
Rumi
" Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time. "
Viktor Frankl
" Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. "
Alan Watts
" Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. "
Lao Tzu
" Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" What need is there to weep over parts of life when the whole of it calls for tears? "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. "
Pema Chödrön
" The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as our best. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Your problem is you’re too busy holding onto your unworthiness. "
Ram Dass
" Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. "
Albert Camus
" Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. "
Kahlil Gibran
" Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility. "
Sigmund Freud
" We are our choices. "
Jean-Paul Sartre
" There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path. "
Buddha
" Hopelessness is just a thought you’re arguing with. "
Byron Katie
" Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to the flow of life. "
Eckhart Tolle
" Very little is needed to make a happy life. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Hopelessness comes from seeking outside what you already are. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. "
Carl Jung
" While we are postponing, life speeds by. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The wound is the place where the light enters you. "
Rumi
" When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. "
Viktor Frankl
" The meaning of life is just to be alive. "
Alan Watts
" A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. "
Lao Tzu
" Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The only way out of hopelessness is to feel it fully. "
Pema Chödrön
" He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" We’re all just walking each other home. "
Ram Dass
" The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. "
Albert Camus
" The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns. "
Kahlil Gibran
" All sins are attempts to fill voids. "
Simone Weil
" Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. "
Helen Keller
" The self is an illusion; let it go and find peace. "
Buddha
" Who would you be without your story? "
Byron Katie
" You are not your mind—you are the awareness behind it. "
Eckhart Tolle
" The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" You are not who you think you are—discover the real you. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. "
Carl Jung
" As long as you live, keep learning how to live. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop. "
Rumi
" Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. "
Viktor Frankl
" Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. "
Alan Watts
" When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. "
Lao Tzu
" To be is to inter-be. You cannot just be by yourself alone. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. "
Pema Chödrön
" Become who you are. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. "
Ram Dass
" Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. "
Albert Camus
" Your self is a sea boundless and measureless. "
Kahlil Gibran
" Man is condemned to be free. "
Jean-Paul Sartre
" To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
" You, yourself, deserve your love and affection. "
Buddha
" Insecurity is just a thought you’re believing. "
Byron Katie
" The moment you accept yourself, insecurity dissolves. "
Eckhart Tolle
" The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" You are not what you think you are—you are beyond all that. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. "
Carl Jung
" We suffer more in imagination than in reality. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl? "
Rumi
" The last of human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude. "
Viktor Frankl
" You are the universe experiencing itself. "
Alan Watts
" Because he doesn’t display himself, people can see his light. "
Lao Tzu
" To be beautiful means to be yourself. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" He is a wise man who does not grieve for what he has not. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. "
Pema Chödrön
" Become who you are. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Your worth is not determined by what others think of you. "
Ram Dass
" An invincible summer lies within me. "
Albert Camus
" Your self is a sea boundless and measureless. "
Kahlil Gibran
" I am too intelligent for anyone to take charge of me. "
Simone de Beauvoir
" To be yourself in a world trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
" He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. "
Buddha
" Jealousy is just a thought comparing yourself to someone else. "
Byron Katie
" Jealousy comes from wanting what isn’t yours instead of appreciating what is. "
Eckhart Tolle
" How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" There is no ‘other’—all is one. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. "
Carl Jung
" It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? "
Rumi
" The last of human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude. "
Viktor Frankl
" You don’t need to be better than anyone else—just be yourself. "
Alan Watts
" He who is contented is rich. "
Lao Tzu
" Envy comes from not seeing the beauty in your own life. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" He is a wise man who rejoices for what he has. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The root of jealousy is fear of not being enough. "
Pema Chödrön
" The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The heart surrenders everything to the moment. "
Ram Dass
" To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. "
Albert Camus
" Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. "
Kahlil Gibran
" Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions. "
Simone Weil
" The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself. "
Plato
" Your purpose is to find your purpose and give your whole heart to it. "
Buddha
" Lack of purpose is just a thought you’re believing. "
Byron Katie
" The purpose of life is to live it fully in the present moment. "
Eckhart Tolle
" Very little is needed to make a happy life. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Your purpose is to realize you are beyond purpose. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. "
Carl Jung
" As long as you live, keep learning how to live. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. "
Rumi
" Those who have a ‘why’ to live can bear almost any ‘how.’ "
Viktor Frankl
" The meaning of life is just to be alive. "
Alan Watts
" A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. "
Lao Tzu
" The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. "
Pema Chödrön
" He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. "
Ram Dass
" The struggle itself toward the heights is enough. "
Albert Camus
" Work is love made visible. "
Kahlil Gibran
" The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
" Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. "
Confucius
" Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to understand that there is no separation. "
Buddha
" You are your own company—why not enjoy it? "
Byron Katie
" Loneliness isn’t cured by human company, but by contact with the present moment. "
Eckhart Tolle
" Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" You are never alone because you are the entirety of existence. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate. "
Carl Jung
" If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The soul has been given its own ears to hear things the mind does not understand. "
Rumi
" Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. "
Viktor Frankl
" No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time. "
Alan Watts
" Silence is a source of great strength. "
Lao Tzu
" If you love yourself, you’ll never feel alone. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves. "
Pema Chödrön
" The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. "
Ram Dass
" Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. "
Albert Camus
" Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart. "
Kahlil Gibran
" Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. "
Simone Weil
" If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company. "
Jean-Paul Sartre
" You, yourself, as much as anybody, deserve your love and affection. "
Buddha
" Who would you be without the thought that you’re not enough? "
Byron Katie
" You are not your mind—you are the awareness behind it. "
Eckhart Tolle
" The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" You are not what you think you are—you are beyond all that. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. "
Carl Jung
" What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? "
Rumi
" Everything can be taken from a man but one thing, quote: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude. "
Viktor Frankl
" You are the universe experiencing itself. "
Alan Watts
" Because he doesn’t display himself, people can see his light. "
Lao Tzu
" To be beautiful means to be yourself. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The most fundamental aggression to ourselves is to remain ignorant by not having the courage to look at ourselves. "
Pema Chödrön
" He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Your worth is not determined by what others think of you. "
Ram Dass
" An invincible summer lies within me. "
Albert Camus
" Your self is a sea boundless and measureless. "
Kahlil Gibran
" I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to take charge of me entirely. "
Simone de Beauvoir
" To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
" The mind is everything. What you think, you become. "
Buddha
" A thought is harmless unless we believe it. "
Byron Katie
" The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. "
Eckhart Tolle
" The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" The mind is restless because it seeks what it already has. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. "
Carl Jung
" We suffer more in imagination than in reality. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Let silence take you to the core of life. "
Rumi
" Between stimulus and response there is a space. "
Viktor Frankl
" Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. "
Alan Watts
" Stop thinking, and end your problems. "
Lao Tzu
" Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" You become what you give your attention to. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The only way out is through. "
Pema Chödrön
" Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings—always darker, emptier, simpler. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The quieter you become, the more you can hear. "
Ram Dass
" To understand the world, one must turn away from it on occasion. "
Albert Camus
" Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life. "
Kahlil Gibran
" The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. "
William James
" The function of the soul is to break through the crust of habit. "
Søren Kierkegaard
" Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. "
Buddha
" Overwhelm is a signal you’re believing too many thoughts at once. "
Byron Katie
" One conscious breath in and out is a meditation. "
Eckhart Tolle
" You have power over your mind—not outside events. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Rest in being; the doing will take care of itself. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. "
Carl Jung
" It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Let go of your mind and then be mindful. "
Rumi
" Between stimulus and response there is a space. "
Viktor Frankl
" Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. "
Alan Watts
" Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. "
Lao Tzu
" Smile, breathe, and go slowly. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" When things fall apart, let them. "
Pema Chödrön
" You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Be here now. "
Ram Dass
" You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. "
Albert Camus
" Rest is not idleness. "
Kahlil Gibran
" The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. "
William James
" It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. "
Confucius
" There is no perfection, only the path. "
Buddha
" Perfectionism is arguing with reality. "
Byron Katie
" Accept—then act. Whatever the moment contains, accept it as if you chose it. "
Eckhart Tolle
" Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Perfection is an idea—the real is already whole. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The shoe that fits one person pinches another. "
Carl Jung
" It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Beyond right and wrong, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. "
Rumi
" What man needs is not a tensionless state but striving for a worthy goal. "
Viktor Frankl
" The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it. "
Alan Watts
" A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. "
Lao Tzu
" There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" Don’t demand that things happen as you wish. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" Imperfection is the gateway to compassion. "
Pema Chödrön
" You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody. "
Ram Dass
" You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. "
Albert Camus
" Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. "
Kahlil Gibran
" Art is never finished, only abandoned. "
Leonardo da Vinci
" Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor. "
Anne Lamott
" There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires. "
Buddha
" Fear is just a thought about something that isn’t happening. "
Byron Katie
" Fear arises through identification with form. "
Eckhart Tolle
" If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Fear dissolves when you see there is no separate self. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. "
Carl Jung
" We are more often frightened than hurt. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Run from what’s comfortable. Live where you fear to live. "
Rumi
" Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of. "
Viktor Frankl
" The only way to handle fear is to ride it like a wave. "
Alan Watts
" There is no greater illusion than fear. "
Lao Tzu
" Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" It is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of it. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. "
Pema Chödrön
" That which does not kill us makes us stronger. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody. "
Ram Dass
" The only way to deal with fear is to confront it. "
Albert Camus
" Fear is but a shadow upon the earth. "
Kahlil Gibran
" To be rooted is perhaps the most important need of the soul. "
Simone Weil
" Courage is knowing what not to fear. "
Plato
" Do not dwell in the past; concentrate the mind on the present moment. "
Buddha
" Regret is just a thought you keep believing. "
Byron Katie
" The past has no power over the present moment. "
Eckhart Tolle
" Each day provides its own gifts. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" The past is a dream—why cling to it? "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" We cannot change anything unless we accept it. "
Carl Jung
" Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The past is an interpretation. The future is an illusion. "
Rumi
" Live as if you were living a second time. "
Viktor Frankl
" The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it. "
Alan Watts
" If you are depressed, you are living in the past. "
Lao Tzu
" The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" There is only one way to happiness, quote: to cease worrying about things beyond our control. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. "
Pema Chödrön
" The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Be here now. "
Ram Dass
" You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. "
Albert Camus
" Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream. "
Kahlil Gibran
" Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. "
Søren Kierkegaard
" I have no regrets in life, only in love. "
Edith Piaf
" You only lose what you cling to. "
Buddha
" Rejection is just someone else’s opinion—it’s not the truth. "
Byron Katie
" The need for approval keeps you imprisoned. "
Eckhart Tolle
" You have power over your mind—not outside events. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Rejection is an illusion of the separate self. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" What you resist, persists. "
Carl Jung
" We suffer more in imagination than in reality. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The wound is the place where the light enters you. "
Rumi
" The last of human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude. "
Viktor Frankl
" You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. "
Alan Watts
" Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. "
Lao Tzu
" To be beautiful means to be yourself. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. "
Pema Chödrön
" That which does not kill us makes us stronger. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Your problem is you’re too busy holding onto your unworthiness. "
Ram Dass
" In the midst of winter, I found an invincible summer. "
Albert Camus
" Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. "
Kahlil Gibran
" I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to take charge of me. "
Simone de Beauvoir
" Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage. "
Brene Brown
" Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. "
Buddha
" Resentment is believing someone else is responsible for your happiness. "
Byron Katie
" Where there is resentment, there is always pain underneath. "
Eckhart Tolle
" The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Resentment is a shadow of the false self. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" What you resist, persists. "
Carl Jung
" Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Raise your words, not your voice. "
Rumi
" The last of human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude. "
Viktor Frankl
" To hold your breath is to lose your breath. "
Alan Watts
" The best fighter is never angry. "
Lao Tzu
" Letting go gives us freedom. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" Any person capable of angering you becomes your master. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" The only way out is through. "
Pema Chödrön
" That which does not kill us makes us stronger. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The quieter you become, the more you can hear. "
Ram Dass
" Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. "
Albert Camus
" If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? "
Kahlil Gibran
" Unexpressed emotions will never die. "
Sigmund Freud
" Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. "
Nelson Mandela
" Doubt everything. Find your own light. "
Buddha
" Self-doubt is just a thought you’re believing. "
Byron Katie
" You are not your mind—you are the awareness behind it. "
Eckhart Tolle
" The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Doubt arises from ignorance of your true nature. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. "
Carl Jung
" We suffer more in imagination than in reality. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" You were born with wings, why crawl through life? "
Rumi
" The last of human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude. "
Viktor Frankl
" You are the universe experiencing itself. "
Alan Watts
" When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. "
Lao Tzu
" To be beautiful means to be yourself. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" He is a wise man who does not grieve for what he has not. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. "
Pema Chödrön
" Become who you are. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Your worth is not determined by what others think. "
Ram Dass
" An invincible summer lies within me. "
Albert Camus
" Your self is a sea boundless and measureless. "
Kahlil Gibran
" To be yourself in a world trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
" The greatest hazard of all is to risk nothing. "
Søren Kierkegaard
" You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger. "
Buddha
" Shame is believing a lie about yourself. "
Byron Katie
" The moment you accept yourself, shame dissolves. "
Eckhart Tolle
" If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" Shame is a shadow of the false self. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Shame is a soul-eating emotion. "
Carl Jung
" We suffer more in imagination than in reality. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. "
Rumi
" What is to give light must endure burning. "
Viktor Frankl
" You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at itself. "
Alan Watts
" When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. "
Lao Tzu
" You are enough, just as you are. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" No man is free who is not master of himself. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. "
Pema Chödrön
" Become who you are. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" The only thing you have to offer another human being is your own state of being. "
Ram Dass
" Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. "
Albert Camus
" Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. "
Kahlil Gibran
" Humility is attentive patience. "
Simone Weil
" Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change. "
Brene Brown
" The mind is everything. What you think, you become. "
Buddha
" Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something that’s not true. "
Byron Katie
" Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there.’ "
Eckhart Tolle
" You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" The mind creates the chaos; silence reveals the peace. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" What you resist, persists. "
Carl Jung
" There is no need to be angry with fate; it does not hear you. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" Let go of your mind and then be mindful. "
Rumi
" Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power. "
Viktor Frankl
" Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. "
Alan Watts
" Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. "
Lao Tzu
" Smile, breathe, and go slowly. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things beyond our control. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" You don’t have to get it right; you just have to get it going. "
Pema Chödrön
" He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Be here now. "
Ram Dass
" You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. "
Albert Camus
" Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees is no waste of time. "
Kahlil Gibran
" The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. "
William James
" Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. "
Søren Kierkegaard
" Pain is certain, suffering is optional. "
Buddha
" The past is over. It’s just a memory you’re arguing with. "
Byron Katie
" The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. "
Eckhart Tolle
" What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears. "
Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
" You are not your pain—you are the witness of it. "
Nisargadatta Maharaj
" I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. "
Carl Jung
" Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. "
Seneca (Stoicism)
" The wound is the place where the light enters you. "
Rumi
" When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. "
Viktor Frankl
" The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it. "
Alan Watts
" New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. "
Lao Tzu
" Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
" It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. "
Epictetus (Stoicism)
" Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. "
Pema Chödrön
" To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Healing does not mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives. "
Ram Dass
" In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. "
Albert Camus
" Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. "
Kahlil Gibran
" The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves. "
Bessel van der Kolk
" The most beautiful people are those who have known suffering. "
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross