So many things become beautiful when you really look.
— Lauren Oliver
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
— Henry Ford
Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.
— Antoine De Saint-Exupery
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they’re doing. Do things without always knowing how they’ll turn out.
— Randal Munroe
Stay far from timid, only make moves when you heart’s in it, and live the phrase “the sky’s the limit”.
— Biggie Smalls
If I were to be given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
— Charles M. Schulz
I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.
— C. D. Payne
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.
— Bruce Lee
The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, and no matter what you chose, they sliced a little bit more off you, until there was nothing left. At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole god-damned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidates who reminded them most of themselves. I had no interests. I had no interest in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At least the others had some taste for life. They seemed to understand something that I didn’t understand. Maybe I was lacking. It was possible. I often felt inferior. I just wanted to get away from them. But there was no place to go.
— Charles Bukowski
