One Line Philosophies

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.   ― Goethe

"It's best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it." Lillian Hellman.
  

"Success is a deceptive mistress; nice to have, but tricky to embrace." — Robert Redford.


"Surely the true path is to dive deep into nature." — Vincent van Gough


 "Stay firmly in your own path, and dare." — Paul Gauguin


"The world makes way for those who know where they’re going." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (Dream big but start small. Then connect the dots...)



A great mind can look beyond itself. — William Hazlitt


When passing by a mirror, notice the frame. — Isshin Yoshimoto


 "Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value." — Albert Einstein


"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." — Bertrand Russell


"Mixing politics and religion is like mixing manure and ice cream. Doesn’t do much to the manure, but surely ruins the ice cream." Will Rogers


"Never think you’ve seen the last of anything." — Eudora Welty


"Every wrong attempt discarded is a step forward." — Thomas Edison


"Show me a day when the world isn't new." — Sister Barbara Dance


"We're all fools; it's just that some of us know it, and others don't." — Socrates
(Way of the Peaceful Warrior) 



Another good reminder about love and loss: "Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened." — Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss)



"It's essential to learn from others' mistakes, because you won't live long enough to make them all yourself." – Adm. Hyman G. Rickover


"The secret of happiness is freedom; the secret of freedom is courage." Thucydides (Courage, freedom, happiness aren't feelings but actions)


"Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again." — André Gide


"To build a ship, don't assign people to collect wood; rather, lead them to long for the immensity of the sea." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


"The most happy people have their mind fixed on some goal other than their own happiness." — John Stuart Mill


"I respect those who smile in trouble, gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection." — Leonardo da Vinci




"Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf." — Dan Millman



"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people." — Carl Jung 


"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."   - Mark Twain


"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." — Joseph Campbell


"Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you who you are." — Francois Mauriac.


  "Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness." — Bertrand Russell



"The only time a woman truly succeeds in changing a man is when he’s a baby." — Natalie Wood


 " The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it." --Bill Nye


"What we have deeply loved we can never lose, for all deep loves become part of us." — Helen Keller


"One can disagree without being disagreeable." — Barry Goldwater


"Mistakes are a bridge between inexperience and wisdom." — Phyllis Theroux
  

 "In all crises ... there are two broad courses open to us: We can stay where we are, or we can go elsewhere." PG Wodehouse

 
Be yourself. Who is better qualified? The respect of those you respect is worth more than the applause of the many. --Arnold Glasow


Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.   - Henry James


"I live in that solitude painful in youth, but delightful in maturity." — Albert Einstein


Life is tough, and it’s worse when you’re stupid. — John Wayne


"It takes a long time to become young." — Pablo Picasso


  "If you think you are so enlightened, go and spend a week with your parents."
   --  Ram Dass


 "As we tolerate boredom, we find out who we really are." — Naomi Alderman


"People generally call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have." — Anne Tyler


 "Happiness is not a goal, but a byproduct."  -- Eleanor Roosevelt



 "Patience and time accomplish more than strength or passion." — Jean de La Fontaine



Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear all they had, all they have now, and all they expect to have." Edward E. Hale


 "Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all." — William Goldman


"The greatest adventure is not outside us; it is within." George Eliot


Until you have cared for an animal, a part of your soul remains unawakened. — Anatole France


 If you will do foolish things, do them with enthusiasm." — Colette

   
The enemy is not death, but rather, living in fear of it." Norman Cousins

   
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." — Oscar Wilde



"Until you have done some small thing for humanity, you should be ashamed to die."
— Horace Mann


"The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one." — Oscar Wilde



 "Success and failure are equally disastrous."
— Playwright Tennessee Williams