Quotes From The Road #388

“Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.”

William Ellery, 1727-1820: US Revolutionary era Politician

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”

Lao Tzu, circa 600 BCE: Philosopher and Poet of ancient China

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Quotes From The Road #387

“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”

Gautama Buddha, 563 BCE or c. 480 BCE-483 BCE or c. 400 BCE: founder of the Buddhist religion

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

Marcus Aurelius, 121-180: Roman Emperor

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Quotes From The Road #386

“It isn’t by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.”

Ken Kesey, 1935-2001: American novelist

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993: American World No. 1 Tennis Player

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Quotes From The Road #385

“Don’t play for safety. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world.”

Hugh Walpole, 1884-1941: Novelist

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832: Writer and Statesman

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Quotes From The Road #384

“I hope, that in this year to come, you make mistakes…So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”

Neil Richard Gaiman: English Author

“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering ‘it will be happier’…”

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892: Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during Queen Victoria’s reign

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