COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

5/02/2013

Quotes


"Success is a state of mind.  If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success."
- Dr. Joyce Brothers


Life is a disease, sexually transmitted and fatal. 
-  Neil Gaiman


Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
- Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD)



Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
- David McCullough, US biographer & historian (1933 -)



You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
- Franz Kafka, Austrian (Czechoslovakian-born) author (1883 - 1924)






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